At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.

This glass wall is gradually filling up with paper cranes, in honor of Hiroshima’s past and dedication to its future.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

A maritime museum holding the remains of Blackbeard's pirate ship.

Thomas Jefferson's estate is home to hundreds of varieties of historic fruits and vegetables.

Anna Anderson spent most of her life claiming to be the lost Romanov child Anastasia.

Inspired by a foil-wrapped potato, (seriously) the Markel Building has been deemed one of the 10 ugliest buildings in the world.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents are sitting in a field in Virginia.

This once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.

The "first cat," "first dog," and even a presidential pygmy hippo all get their due in this museum.

Enjoy dishes that founding fathers once ate at this Colonial Williamsburg pub.

The nearly 120-year-old piece of pork wears a brass collar and was once a man's "pet ham."

This lake—the second largest in the state— was hiding historic treasures beneath its surface.

A 120-year-old legend concerning an empty circular patch in the North Carolina woods.

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.

This tree is a living witness to the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement.

The eerie ruins of a remote abandoned hamlet said to be founded by the survivors of a shipwreck.

One of the best places to see feral Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

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

From failed port town to Civil War fort, the ruins of this former defense saw their finest day in the television age.

Perhaps the oldest vine in North America, this sprawling plant helps make a sweet wine.

This roadside attraction has been serving out its fair share of hearty folklore and chaos since 1858.