An eccentric aristocrat brought these Australian natives to their current Scottish home.

The location of the Bridge of Death and the Gorge of Eternal Peril in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail."

A solemn memorial in a majestic setting that honors a 1692 tragedy.

Extraordinary objects lurk in this quintessential regional museum.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

Home of the only civilian casualty at the Battle of Gettysburg.

A diorama of the Civil War, fought by cats.

The beloved, war-tested mascot of a Union regiment graces their battlefield monument.

This monument marks the beginning journey of a wounded soldier's leg that ended up almost two states away.

Historic barracks utilized during both the Revolutionary War and the Civil War.

A Civil War Museum with some notable medical antiques.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

Built in the 1850s, this church was of the first five churches constructed in Harper's Ferry.

This shale formation along the Appalachian Trail once inspired the third president of the United States.

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.

This advertisement for talcum powder was painted on the rock face and has since defied removal.

A pre-Industrial Age iron furnace and the site of a nearly-forgotten piece of Black history.

One of the only memorials dedicated to journalists who died in combat.

A labor of love built by local hang-gliding enthusiasts, this ideal launch spot was outlawed by the authorities and has since been largely abandoned.

Built by the patriotic residents of Boonsboro in a single day.

The "All-Seeing Eye of God" symbol on this library is a clue to one of the many former lives of this building.

Bizarre Cavern.

A star fort along the C&O Canal in western Maryland that protected America in three wars.

Once damaged by Hurricane Agnes, this bridge is now on the National Register of Historic Places.