An innovative attempt to break a siege in the American Civil War still scars the earth today.

A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.

Amazing views of Long Island Sound can be seen from this mountaintop tower.

"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."

The rustic think-space of famed naturalist John Burroughs stands exactly as he left it.

The life of one of FDR's possible mistresses is preserved in her palatial Hudson Valley mansion.

This natural rock "church" might not be a proper chapel but that doesn't mean it's not beautiful.

Oslo's historic toboggan run has been letting thrill seekers slide from train stop to train stop for over a century.

The grounds and buildings of an old wood pulp mill have been transformed into an innovative art park and museum.

A railway bridge leading nowhere stands lonely in the middle of a meadow.

This abandoned bridge to nowhere stands secluded in the woods of a Cleveland suburb.

An overgrown garden stands as a grim marker of an unrealized dream.

These trees are living witnesses to events that inspired poet Walt Whitman’s service during the American Civil War.

A home that witnessed Civil War combat on the Sunken Road has the battle scars to prove it.

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

This ruined quarry once produced the distinctive red sandstone used for construction projects in Washington, D.C.

After hundreds of years of settlement, this once-bustling fishing village sunk into the Chesapeake Bay.

One of the oldest surviving Swedish-American homes in the United States.

In 1787, a group of delegates met at this very spot to drink, be merry, and ratify the Constitution of the United States.

A wrecked ship dating back to the American Revolution was only recently discovered off the Delaware coast.

These old doors are covered in the signatures of Rehoboth Beach artists dating back to the 1930s.

Live chainsaw carvings of tiki statues aim to keep a tradition with ancient roots alive in this small Delaware town.

A local farm's collection of unusual structures from a now defunct storybook amusement park.

An eerie, decaying ghost town destined to fade into the forest.