Home to items never before seen by the public.

An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.

Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."

The national park was once a plantation estate.

Legend has it that President Grant’s frequent drinking in the lobby gave rise to the term “lobbyist.”

The little-known, 300-year history of the area includes former lives as a bustling tobacco port, parking lot, and industrial dump.

A line of blue paint marks the route of the inaugural parade.

The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.

Herbert Hoover's "Brown House" rural presidential retreat was a PR disaster amid the start of the Great Depression.

Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.

This Virginia railway overpass is said to be haunted by a serial killer in a rabbit costume.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

This isn't your average roadway—it's actually a National Park and a transportation pioneer.

This Yellowstone geyser may not shoot as high as the nearby Old Faithful, but it erupts for considerably longer.

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

The Liverpool street made famous by the Beatles is real.

These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.