Outdoor exhibits explore the contributions of European, African, and indigenous peoples to American frontier culture.

A museum in the heart of Virginia peanut country devoted to the humble goober.

This colonial tavern played host to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other famous early Americans.

The only place for a truly presidential dram.

The only recreation of William Shakespeare's indoor playhouse.

This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.

Bubbling up from deep underground is the warm crystal clear water that fills the Warm Springs Pools, America's oldest spa.

The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.

An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.

Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.

This once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

A series of 33 stone markers maps an ancient 55-mile transportation route.

This quaint stretch of road is the final resting place for hundreds of America's four-legged veterans.

The oldest pub in Ireland may also be the oldest surviving bar in the entire world.

A pharmacy built in the shape of a mortar and pestle, now resembles a fancy cocktail.

The first KFC is on the National Register of Historic Places.

This life-sized effigy commemorates the dedicated abolitionist and social reformer.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

An obelisk commemorating Lincoln's role in connecting the coasts.

A brick-paved former section of the historic coast-to-coast highway.