Standing 191 feet tall and measuring more than 55 feet in circumference, this is the world's tallest spruce tree.

The phrase "the shot heard around the world" was coined after a skirmish at this bridge.

The poems Nathaniel Hawthorne and his wife Sophia etched into its windows are still visible today.

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

After 97 years of constant vigilance from the dome of the Texas State Capitol, the original Goddess of Liberty retired to a life of climate-controlled leisure.

This small stone building, the final work of a renowned artist, offers a peaceful environment with radiant, colorful glass windows .

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

The saga of the massive nut begins and ends in Texas.

A popular swimming hole that hides one of America's most deadly diving spots.

Designed to allow funerals to proceed over the River Dulnain.