19th century pendulum and a clock restored by a rogue group of guerilla artists.

A schooner, nicknamed "The Unsinkable," with a long history of survival in the Indian Ocean.

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.

The Virginia farm where John Wilkes Booth met his grisly end is now largely forgotten.

This labyrinthine resting place of Black American leaders has been reclaimed by nature.

One of the last active volcanoes on the Eastern seaboard.

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

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

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

A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.

The flower-shaped temple in Virginia aims to transcend the boundaries of the world’s religions.

Paranormal investigators claim this abandoned asylum is the most haunted spot in the eastern U.S.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

For decades, vendors have sold clothes once worn by American soldiers who stormed Italy in the 1940s.

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

A serene but haunting memorial to protective wetland lost, the absence of which directly damaged the Lower 9th Ward following Hurricane Katrina.

An artist weaves "wooden quilts" with scraps salvaged from his Katrina-damaged home in Tremé.

This Birdsill Holly fire hydrant is the remnant of a very different type of hydration innovation.

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.