Rediscovered after a century, the father of the American Navy was reinterred in something dredged up from Davy Jones' Locker.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

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

For 20 years, this whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the museum where it hangs.

Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.

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

North America’s largest collection of horological devices and home to a colossal clock with a dizzying array of features.

The ruins of this abandoned fort now stand as a picturesque reminder of America's march West.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

This scenic Maryland park was the site of one of the worst prison camps of the Civil War.

Concrete crosses scattered across the Arizona scrubland which were used to align spy satellites.

This grave marks the final resting place of a legendary frontiersman... unless it doesn't.

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

It's big, it's a ball, and it's made of twine—the world's largest of its kind.

A masterpiece in Golden Gate Park by virtue of the artist’s debt.

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

A super-sized promotional trick that is now a D.C. landmark.

17,400 lbs., 12 feet in diameter, and 29 years in the making.

A tradition unlike any other, this marks the site of the annual Groundhog's Day tradition.

The semi-reclaimed ruins of this canal were once part of an ambitious plan to reroute the mighty potomac.

A vast array of tropical plants collected by a vacationing couple.

Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.

The only presidential monument to display a late POTUS's actual casket.