A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

The tallest The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple in the world soars above the Beltway.

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

The only depiction of Abraham Lincoln holding a weapon, and the names of all 9,000 Cuyahoga veterans of the Civil War.

All you ever needed or wanted to know about America's favorite whiskey, but not a drop to drink.

Walk the whole Mississippi River!

Oldest synagogue in the United States.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

This historic museum is home to a rare Confederate Chester Gun.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

This recently rediscovered Civil War-era submarine was the first to ever sink an enemy ship.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

Oldest unrestored plantation house in America that is open to the public.

This stone gatehouse was once the entrance to a historic mountain resort, and it had a cameo in a cheesy cult horror movie.

The oldest continuously inhabited street in America.

Trinkets and toys lovingly handmade by maximum security prisoners.

Stone monument honoring a town founder has a witch-boot shaped stain and a curse to go with it.

The Kirkland Monument remembers a selfless Civil War hero who braved the battlefield to give water to his dying enemies.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

The remains of a historic ranch house that witnessed the Civil War battle dubbed the “Gettysburg of the West.”

This popular pilgrimage site offers a hole filled with holy healing dirt.

A sprawling collection of over 106,000 toys from around the world.