This remote piece of Cape Breton coast was the unceremonious landing site of the first solo, east-west transatlantic flight made by a female aviator.

A priceless collection of the Nation's cryptologic history.

This English-inspired Maryland garden is home to acres of opulent plant life including bushes shaped into an entire fox hunt.

A haunting exhibit in a wildlife refuge center highlights threatened species and the conservation efforts needed to save them.

An abandoned church gets a second life as a massive beer hall and event space.

A pre-Industrial Age iron furnace and the site of a nearly-forgotten piece of Black history.

Once America's tallest structure, now a Baltimore landmark.

Electronic inventions that resulted in products and systems we use every day are on display in this labor-of-love museum.

She stares out across six lanes of traffic, clutching a musket and infant with determination.

A Maryland museum dedicated to Black history, housed in a historic church.

This 16-foot, intricately detailed model of the Gearing-class destroyer has been called the most detailed model ship ever built.

This beautiful stone arch bridge wasn't even expected to stand for one day, but people have been crossing it for centuries.

The design of this historic domed church was influenced by Thomas Jefferson and intended as a statement of religious freedom.

Brain collection and database that narrows the gap between man and animal.

A cave on the Maryland border where civilians took refuge during the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.

This dig site outside D.C. is known for its exceptionally high density of baby dinosaur fossils and dinosaur eggs.

Walk a trail through a historic Quaker town that outlawed slavery in 1777 and was a major waypoint on the Underground Railroad.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a 70-foot-long chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.

This 13-foot smiling peanut in Georgia helped Jimmy Carter win the 1976 presidential election.

Auburn's iconic eagle flight goes back to a 19th century eagle that dropped dead on the field after inspiring the football team to victory.

A stockpile of childhood lunch pails turned collectibles.