Collecting 700 years of mechanical death-dealing, the NRA's sprawling gun museum is a revealing testament to the American obsession with armament.

The only surviving 19th-century water-powered mill found in the Washington, D.C. area.

The third-tallest lighthouse in the United States stands as a reminder of Atlantic City's early days.

Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."

Finally, you don't have to be a pious Swedish seaman to relax like one.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

This historic patch of real estate offers a glimpse of colonial Boston.

What may be Boston's finest Art Deco building, located in the city's Financial District.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

Stolen goods adorn the organ at Old North Church.

The oldest working bell set in North America, the bells at Old North Church sat silent for their first four years in Massachusetts.

The first bell ever cast in Boston was cast by Paul Revere...and sounded terrible.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

The infamous Boston Mob ran rackets from an office here in the 1970s.

Shelves covered in dozens of coffee bean varieties fill this North End institution.

Silverware in the sidewalk outside a grocery store cements this neighborhood’s Italian culinary history.

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a 70-foot-long chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.

Every president in history is immortalized in bronze in downtown Rapid City.

Calidum et Deliciose Succosum!

An antique Beechcraft airplane serves as a giant windsock for people driving through the blustery open country of eastern Wyoming.