This historic church houses the grave of a Scottish soldier who fought in the Battle of Waterloo.

This rare basilica nestled right in downtown Asheville is an architectural marvel, inside and out.

An early life spent in this "Old Kentucky Home" inspired the writings of North Carolina's most famous novelist.

This giant iron playfully pays tribute to an early 20th-century architectural trend.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

Extraordinary objects lurk in this quintessential regional museum.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

These massive concrete balls were used to mine gold in Virginia.

A tribute to the pop culture icon overlooks this Washington D.C. intersection.

The beloved, war-tested mascot of a Union regiment graces their battlefield monument.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

This advertisement for talcum powder was painted on the rock face and has since defied removal.

A derelict bit of infrastructure from the canal that once ran through D.C. is landlocked in the heart of the city.

The island home of an unlucky whaling captain whose story inspired a great American novel.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and until recently, the largest glass mural in the US.

This pole near the infield rail at Belmont Park marks the jaw-dropping margin of Secretariat’s 1973 Belmont Stakes victory.

Thomas Jefferson's estate is home to hundreds of varieties of historic fruits and vegetables.

Railroad officials in the early 1900s sought to spare travelers the sight of Roman soldiers’ private parts.

The largest cemetery for enslaved people in Loudoun County was almost lost to history, if not for the research of a minister.

A 1,100-ton train fell through the floor in 1953. Workers got it patched up in just 72 hours.

Largest Roman Catholic church in North America.

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

The sculptor was instructed to add “stallion attributes” to the general's bronze mare.