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

Outdoor exhibits explore the contributions of European, African, and indigenous peoples to American frontier culture.

The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.

At Washington's Dulles Airport is a satellite museum (no pun intended) with three quarters of a million square feet of aircraft history.

Soldiers were buried next to Lee's house in the center of Arlington Cemetery to dissuade the general from reclaiming his property after the war.

The Decoy Capital of the World.

A cement mixer-turned-kaleidoscope in downtown Norfolk offers different views of the city.

The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

An extensive collection of reliquaries containing the bones of saints housed in the largest Catholic church in Venice.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.

The taxidermy remains of the most popular pony in children's literature.

This protected area in Lake Huron contains some of the world’s best-preserved shipwrecks.

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

One of many reminders of Tesla's scientific contributions overlooks the falls which inspired him.

Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."

The ruins of Theodore Roosevelt's beloved ranch stand in a forgotten corner of a national park named after him.

One man's quest to save his town with a trail of record-breaking sculptures.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

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