"Call for the doctor, call for the nurse... Vote!! said the lady with the alligator purse."

A bas relief commemorates the "Nuns of the Battlefield" who cared for soldiers on both sides of the conflict.

American involvement in World War I officially ended in 1921 in New Jersey, three years late and thousands of miles from the battlefield.

This Boeing KC-97 tanker is now a restaurant for aviation lovers.

255 feet of suds, scrubbers, and blow dryers.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.

The first home of the doomed aviatrix Amelia Earhart.

Of course the grave of JFK's assassin is surrounded by conspiracy theories.

The site of Neil Armstrong's first flight is marked by a full on replica of the moon landers.

An off-the-beaten-path place to literally hang beneath Milwaukee's Holton Street Bridge.

The Virginia farm where John Wilkes Booth met his grisly end is now largely forgotten.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

A historic coal mine that doubles as a museum and tourist attraction.

A museum dedicated to the lovable crime couple Bonnie & Clyde, just a few miles away from the site of their early demise.

This outpost of America's most popular fast-food restaurant is housed inside a palatial mansion.

A Civil War Museum with some notable medical antiques.

According to the experts at the Guinness World's Record office, this is the longest candy counter in the world.

The multinational Burger King chain is banned from operating within 20 miles of a family restaurant filed under the same name.

You have to love a museum with a truly dedicated focus. A focus on Superman, for example.

An easy-to-miss garden in Boston's North End honors the mother of JFK and others who lost children in WWII.

Home to the Titanic Historical Society's collection.

This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.

Birthplace of America's first documented serial killer.