The final resting place of a controversial man who was instrumental in plucking the banjo from obscurity.

The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.

This war hero's old shop remembers the fine line between medicine and quackery during the Revolutionary War.

A home that witnessed Civil War combat on the Sunken Road has the battle scars to prove it.

The Kirkland Monument remembers a selfless Civil War hero who braved the battlefield to give water to his dying enemies.

Taste the white whiskey that the United States' first president once distilled and enjoyed.

The only place for a truly presidential dram.

Admire an ever-changing landscape of stone sculptures.

The graveyard holding the remains of George Washington's slaves was forgotten for nearly 200 years.

The tomb was guarded by soldiers from both sides of the war, and some left their initials carved in the brick.

This estate on the banks of the James River was home to a Founding Father, two presidents, a famous bugle melody, and what some say was the actual first Thanksgiving.

For nearly a year, General Ulysses S. Grant was based here during the American Civil War.

An innovative attempt to break a siege in the American Civil War still scars the earth today.

A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.

Wander the sprawling living museum on the site of one of a 16th-century community.

This New England drive-in was built to straddle the border between two states.

Floor-to-ceiling frescoes by local art students cover the interior of a nearly 200-year-old church.

This 1.5 million-gallon water tower inspired Stephen King while he was writing "It."

Five mythical trolls have taken up residence in woods and hidden on paths at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens.

This Maine bridge may be the last wire-supported bridge of its type in the world.

The house and graveyard used in the Stephen King spine-chiller.

It's a repurposed treasure trove of history, located just an hour away from Acadia National Park.

The debris forms a solemn memorial to those who died in a 1963 accident.

A small Second Empire-style building is one of only seven remaining lighthouses on the Hudson River.