One of the oldest train stations still standing in Virginia played a vital role during the Civil War.

At Washington's Dulles Airport is a satellite museum (no pun intended) with three quarters of a million square feet of aircraft history.

A whopping 14,000 copper coins cover this miniature fighter jet.

This pun was simply waiting to come to life, and one defense contractor made it so.

A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.

Inspired by a foil-wrapped potato, (seriously) the Markel Building has been deemed one of the 10 ugliest buildings in the world.

This unique historical monument features large concrete spheres designed to resemble fallen stars.

An original apothecary from 1792.

The final resting place of an unidentified revolutionary soldier sits behind a Virginia church.

The narrowest house in America is seven feet of pure spite.

This Manhattan skyscraper is a reminder of the brief but glorious age of urban air taxis.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

A girls' boarding school inspired by the Chicago World's Fair, once abandoned, now restored to strange and scenic glory.

This extraordinary Depression-era expenditure was modeled after a postcard of a Mediterranean hotel.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

Scenic mount trashmore, Virginia Beach's most curious waterfront still has a couple of secrets.

A cement mixer-turned-kaleidoscope in downtown Norfolk offers different views of the city.

This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.

The site where Poe "in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance" likely died.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.