This field of concrete was once an active defense site armed with nuclear warheads.

A weathered, American Foursquare-style house originally built for lumber merchant William Wimsatt.

This unique structure is the only one of its kind in Virginia.

Belgium’s famous peeing statue has worn many hats (and coats, and pants), which are on display at this small museum.

A tribute to a Hollywood icon far from Tinseltown.

A piece of crumbling highway infrastructure was repurposed as a high-tech facility for testing racecars.

This memorial honors five journalists who were killed in a mass shooting in 2018, and affirms the importance of the first amendment.

The "All-Seeing Eye of God" symbol on this library is a clue to one of the many former lives of this building.

The sculptor was instructed to add “stallion attributes” to the general's bronze mare.

A rotating cast of guys and dolls in front of a Washington, D.C. building.

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

Outside the Department of Transportation, a collection of artifacts honors the history of how we get around.

The largest glacial erratic boulder on Cape Cod.

Now owned by the National Park Service, this location was once home to illegal boxing matches.

A quick journey through the history of Annapolis.

An overlooked oasis of quiet on the grounds of Washington's monumental basilica.

Home to two notable early-20th-century Black educators, Lucy Slowe and Mary Burrill.

This historic building is now home to the Public Access Corporation for the District of Columbia.

The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.

One philanthropist's extensive collection of knick-knacks and curiosities is now a public museum of oddity.

A careful eye can find hundreds of dinosaur tracks running along the Connecticut River.

Scrap material from around Eritrea finds a new life at this outdoor market, where upcycling is a lifestyle.

This statue of two men in a rowboat was erected to honor those who died while fishing in the Chesapeake Bay.

Don't get it twisted: This is the oldest pretzel bakery in the United States.