The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

A more than 260-year-old crypt built on Boston's oldest English burial ground.

Radical Bookstore and Community Space.

A fascinating little museum all about the rich history of Peru’s famous plant.

This massive oak tree has ties to the first native tribes of the region and the founders of Texas.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

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

The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.

You could be standing at the site of one of D.C.'s most fatal tragedies and not even know it.

The oldest continuously operating fish market in the United States.

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

Sit where JFK proposed to Jackie or where Nixon dined on meatloaf at this storied pub.

The most decorated dog of World War I is preserved in the Smithsonian.

A nostalgic bibliographic gem.

A historic estate packed with George Washington's heirlooms, and its own nuclear bunker.

A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

This antique rail car has been reborn as an urban cafe.

This archaeological museum in one of Peru’s most intriguing regions exhibits ancient artifacts from the Nazca civilization.

A small, emotionally charged room inside the Mario Testino Museum dedicated to Princess Diana and one famous photo shoot.

These overlooked ruins give an intimate look at the Inca Empire's urban planning prowess.

On this tiny spot of land in the middle of Lake Titicaca the only ones who do the knitting are the men.

Ancient Peruvian fertility temple or modern money-making hoax? Either way these monoliths still look like penises.

A highland eco-park celebrates more than a thousand varieties of tuber.