The Virginia home of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence is being preserved with a unique glass facade.

One of the few remaining Rosenwald Schools left in Virginia.

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

The lasting remains of a historic spa.

This statue in Talcott, West Virginia, is an enduring symbol of American grit.

An eight-sided home built during a brief octagon craze in the 1850s.

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

Settled in 1696, abandoned after the Revolutionary War.

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

Thirteen pastel palaces in downtown Charleston add a gorgeous splash of color to the city.

This small memorial is almost as well concealed as Smalls himself was on the night he sailed to freedom.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

The only working large-scale tea plantation in the United States.

This train station inspired the name of a 1970's rock band and provided the backdrop for their album cover.

This restored house built from a Sears kit in the 1930s is a physical remnant of FDR's New Deal following the Great Depression.

The sole surviving building from Newgate village, a colonial settlement that was renamed Centreville in 1792 after it was granted town status by the Virginia Assembly.

This bridge over D.C.'s Rock Creek Park is sometimes called the "Buffalo Bridge" because of its four buffalo sculptures, which were cast from a single piece of bronze.

A terrace reminiscent of Rome's Spanish Steps is tucked away in a little park in Washington, D.C.

When it comes to handsignals (and colonialism) rock always beats scissors.

Surrounded by a verdant garden and a backdrop of ivy, a monument to beloved poet Khalil Gibran stands outside of the Lebanese embassy.