Golden plates containing what would become the Book of Mormon were believed to be buried on this New York hillside.

A field in which God and his son Jesus purportedly appeared to a young farm boy named Joseph Smith.

The press that first printed the Book of Mormon.

This restored house is like a time capsule of the president's unconventional inauguration.

This Frank Lloyd Wright summer house was designed along Lake Erie as a retreat for a client's wife.

The "last unrestored grand mansion of Savannah" is now a cramped, mouldering maze of antiques.

A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.

A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.

More than a century after her death, Little Gracie Watson remains one of Savannah's most often-visited residents.

An eerie smiling woman looms above the granite tombstones.

The remnants of the fortress that saved Georgia from the Spanish still stand guard on their swampy island.

This historic oak tree has been around for over 300 years and might last for 300 more so long as it doesn't fall apart first.

Carved faces add a touch of magic to this island's impressive oak trees.

One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.

Ruins of a Carnegie family mansion on Cumberland Island.

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

It was once the base for a series of domestic terror attacks.

The only female equestrian statue in Washington, D.C. is a 15th-century French heroine.

This rowhouse doubles as one of the most photographed spots in the nation's capital.

One of the three perfect vellum copies of this historic book known to exist is on display in a specially-designed case.

The only Leonardo Da Vinci painting in the Western Hemisphere.

One of the first Second Empire-style buildings constructed in North America.

The final residence of an educator, civil rights leader, and presidential advisor was also the first headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women.