A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

A collection of outdoor art by renowned muralist Robert Dafford depicts the history of a flooded city.

This huge clock made of flowers and simple machinery was once used a political weapon.

The largest cemetery in Louisville is the final resting place of Col. Sanders and Muhammad Ali.

This 19th century mansion façade adorned with immigrant patriotism is a symbol of Louisville’s history.

A local scoured more than 1,000 acres for stone to create his masterpiece.

Eight rare Corvettes are swallowed up by a sinkhole in Kentucky's National Corvette Museum.

This modern castle sat empty for decades before a fire inspired its builders to complete its luxury halls.

One of the few surviving "Wigwam"-themed motels.

The world's longest known cave system.

At Washington's Dulles Airport is a satellite museum (no pun intended) with three quarters of a million square feet of aircraft history.

The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.

The Kirkland Monument remembers a selfless Civil War hero who braved the battlefield to give water to his dying enemies.

One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.

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

A 300-yard long natural tunnel runs through a ridge deep in the Appalachian Mountains.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

Yo, Adrian!

This playground sculpture of an icon from the past is dedicated to the children of the future.