Using a massive antenna made up of five miles of wire, two scientists tuned into organic radio waves from the planet Jupiter.

A mere dot on the map in the great north woods is the first place in America to vote in Presidential elections.

A lightship turned museum, outfitted with artifacts from the vessel's past as part of the U.S. Lighthouse Service.

A blues musician so talented that people said he must have traded his soul to the devil was born in this house.

This general store has stood in the same spot for well over a century.

The humble field where the first Major League Baseball game was played.

The "world’s largest honky-tonk" also has its own indoor rodeo arena.

The Okefenokee Swamp houses this "incredibobble" tribute to the creator of America’s favorite cartoon possum.

This massive vault of comedic history is no joke.

This museum honors the composer of “Swannee Ribber.”

A lonely memorial to the Challenger Space Shuttle, honoring the astronauts who died in 1986.

The only remaining African American schoolhouse in northern Virginia is now a museum dedicated to formerly enslaved people.

The last of nine massive kilns that produced many of the red bricks for buildings in Washington, D.C. and northern Virginia in the early 20th century.

This mass grave for victims of a massive hurricane remained hidden until 1991.

This lovely tree was a thank you gift from the man known as "Public Enemy No.1."

A historic landmark and museum filled with curious objects representing the history of Key West.

Baltimore's first skyscraper may be home to the inspiration behind pulp fiction's most celebrated bird.

One of the oldest standing structures in Montgomery County, Maryland.

After serving in World War II and picking up Apollo astronauts, this aircraft carrier has been turned into a museum overlooking the San Francisco Bay.

Believe it or not, this is the final resting place of the man who created the Odditorium.

One artist’s scheme to expand museum viewing hours into the evening led to the illumination of an entire city.

This twice-relocated "Usonian" home is among the smallest built by master architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

A weathered, American Foursquare-style house originally built for lumber merchant William Wimsatt.

Hidden in the forest atop a long, winding driveway is this stately home.