This monument marks the beginning journey of a wounded soldier's leg that ended up almost two states away.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

An old whaling station now serves to give the public a look at the commercial whaling industry, no longer a part of Monterey's economy.

This cabin from the 1850s is one of the first structures built by Chinese immigrants in California.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

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

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

Step back in time on this preserved 1800s farm.

A unique botanical garden housed in three giant geodesic domes.

Berry Gordy Jr.'s old home was the original headquarters of Motown Record Corporation.

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

Home to items never before seen by the public.

Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.

The privately owned cemetery that holds room for Washington's finest when they step down from life.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

The poems Nathaniel Hawthorne and his wife Sophia etched into its windows are still visible today.

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

A monument park dedicated to the influential Beat Generation author and poet, Jack Kerouac.