One of the U.S. Forest Service's only mansions is outfitted with a dinner table for floating food.

The final resting place of many of New Jersey's most famous residents, including U.S. history's most in-vogue antagonist, Aaron Burr.

A former plant in one of the hubs of U.S. steelmaking has been turned into this museum celebrating the history of American industry.

The remains of a community that was forced to move for a dam that never materialized still rot in this Pennsylvania park.

An Olympic hero stripped of his medals is buried in a town he never visited, which took his name after his death.

A glimpse at Walt Disney's vision for a "community of tomorrow," in miniature.

A street in front of NASA's D.C. headquarters has been named in honor of the Black women who were essential to early spaceflight.

In 1912, this idyllic Alaska landscape was blown apart in the largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century.

Beautiful scenery, history, science, and physics come together in this remnant of shipping lore.

The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.

The first dish to bounce radio signals off the Moon, it was the forerunner to the U.S. Space Program.

The site of one of history's most indelible and horrific tragedies.

Beautiful stained glass depictions of the history of human flight fill this surprising chapel.

This unassuming city park is home to three different types of Native American mounds.

Remnants of a quarry company town still stand on the banks of the Wapsipinicon River.

Inspiration struck on this seat outside the Griffith Park merry-go-round.

This striking Victorian Home with its 113-foot turret is best known as the site where abolitionist John Brown was executed in 1859.

First flying reptile discovered in British Columbia was for years forgotten in a cabinet.

The lead horse on a Disneyland merry-go-round that is older than the park itself.

America's first public lending library began with a gift from Benjamin Franklin.

This general store near Boston was once owned by Henry Ford, who had it relocated to a different town using a team of oxen.

The oldest continuously-operated inn in the United States, once owned by Henry Ford.

America's "second most important bell" is a contentious spoil of the Civil War.

This classic red schoolhouse is said to have been where Mary and her little lamb went to school.