The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

The highest point in New Jersey is marked by a massive, if simply named, obelisk.

In October 1856, Harriet Tubman escaped arrest at this site while attempting to reunite an enslaved woman named Tilly with her fiancé.

A unique marker erected during the 18th century.

A giant toy jack made of numerous welded-together fire hydrants.

Driftwood dinosaurs lurk within trees covered in a rainbow array of avian abodes.

A decaying garage hidden amid the dense forest is all that remains of a once-prosperous dairy farm.

Hear, smell, see, taste, and touch history at this immersive Civil War hospital.

An original apothecary from 1792.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

Divinely-inspired village houses 6,000 dolls, plus strange and lovely outsider art.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

Incredible sculptures inspired by obscure passages from the Bible.

Winter weather reveals a large Italian marble crucifix drowned beneath Lake Michigan.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

America's first federal monument.

The home of a 19th-century author who brought African-American folktales to the mainstream is now Atlanta’s oldest house museum.

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

America's smallest national park site is the former residence of exiled Polish national hero Thaddeus Kosciuszko.

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

The sounds of the world's largest fully functioning pipe organ dazzle shoppers at a Philadelphia Macy's.