The original Uncle Sam was actually a New York meatpacker who is buried under this historic grave.

The final resting place of President Chester A. Arthur and hundreds of others from Revolutionary War soldiers to poets, politicians, and painters.

A total of 14 men held the title of "president" before George Washington—their historical legacies are enshrined in the lobby of a hotel.

Step into Monet's world at this fine-dining restaurant in the middle of a New Jersey sculpture park.

A small structure built from used railroad ties honors the short term of America's 20th president.

The only remaining piece of hull of the most decorated US ship of WWII is this giant name plate.

One man's lifelong obsession with death.

The longest of the four remaining covered bridges in Missouri.

One of the deepest springs in Missouri.

This 40-foot fowl marks the so-called "wild goose capital of the world."

During the 19th-century, this park was a vital trading fort.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

Farms are serving pizza made from their own fresh crops, a growing trend in the American Midwest.

Swim or sail to this pie-slinging boat off the coast of St. Thomas.

Come for the pizza, stay for a performance on the world's largest theater pipe organ.

Though the case is scorched and the buttons half-melted, this hardy handheld gaming device can still run a game of Tetris.

Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.

During the American Revolution, this mansion hosted failed peace talks between the British and Americans.

Read between the lines of the subway map to find the hidden abandoned Civil War fort.

Spies, love letters, and ghost stories have all left their mark on this home-cum-museum.

The site of the first "historically true" UFO encounter in the U.S.

The first American home of the isolated, egalitarian religion has a trove of Shaker architecture and artifacts.

This now-abandoned part of the original transcontinental railroad route provides a surreal driving and historical experience.

Outside the Missouri Quilt Museum, this large spool has more than one million yards of thread—and counting.