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

Over 20,000 sets of spice shakers reveal the surprisingly telling history of our most basic spices.

Hidden for 165 years inside a building designed by Thomas Jefferson are the remains of what may be America's first educational chemistry lab.

Members of Congress have traveled between the buildings on Capitol Hill for a century hidden from tourists, press, and storm clouds.

Rumor has it the uncarved lump behind the three famous suffragists is reserved for the first woman president.

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

The Grand Ole Opry's big voice came from a small home in rural Virginia where she was eventually buried.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.

Crumbling Kennedys and a decaying Tecumseh are just some of the haunting remains of one man's cement art trail.

The fastest mail service in the west is tracked and memorialized along this 1,400 mile trail.

The first home of the doomed aviatrix Amelia Earhart.

The house where the famed outlaw was shot by a dirty coward is now a museum to the criminal's legacy.

Labor provided by Great Depression-era programs restored these 25,000 acres in Tennessee.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

Hub of Scandinavian culture in a Minneapolis deli.