History

A neo-gothic statue modeled on German Emperor Kaiser Wilhelm II, which had its distinctive mustache shaved off by Nazis in World War II.

The house where Lincoln drafted the Emancipation Proclamation.

The last remaining Shaker community still practices a uniquely communal and utopian version of Christianity.

The house where Robert E. Lee planned the Battle of Antietam is said to be haunted by the ghost of a Civil War soldier.

You can still shop in one of West Virginia’s oldest stores.

The oldest hotel in West Virginia is reportedly frequented by ghosts.

Twenty-four works by the last great Mexican muralist tell the story of Tlaxcala.

Commemorating the "Little Giant" who ran for the presidency.

Dine in a former general store from the Roaring Twenties, when Eggleston was a hot springs boomtown.

This memorial marks a long-gone church in Old Goa.

Baltasar Bachero became a hero after he saved the lives of two children nearly run over by an out-of-control mule-drawn carriage.

A fossilized pie discovered during renovations of a traditional English pub is now on display.

This interactive museum is dedicated to the “Father of the American Industrial Revolution” and founder of one of the nation’s earliest boomtowns.