This claimant to the title of "smallest church in the 48 states" doubles as an equally tiny, quasi-post office.

This hollow steel globe is the second-largest in the world.

A street in front of NASA's D.C. headquarters has been named in honor of the Black women who were essential to early spaceflight.

Over the last century, this elegant columned facade has been home to the headquarters of a bank, several nightclubs, and a restaurant.

The ruins of an 18th-century mansion that was once named "Mistake" by the man who had it built.

The last vestige of a once substantial orchard and farm in the suburbs of Northern Virginia.

A nostalgic bibliographic gem.

A memorial to legendary newsman, publisher, and owner of La Gaceta, the only trilingual newspaper in the U.S.

This grand Spanish-Cuban restaurant has been serving customers for more than a century.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.

Art Deco urban decay at this historical building.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

A water pumping station disguised as a residential home to assuage concerned neighbors now tricks most passersby.

In a pedestrian tunnel on North Carolina State’s campus resides an expressive and artistic free-for-all.

Eighteenth century house of the mysterious "Father of Raleigh."

A giant cement churn carries the legacy of American resilience, unity, and greed.

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

This monument claims to display the first pot used to cook a famed Southern stew.

This impeccably preserved farmstead is a time capsule of a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist's life.

A tiny, unassuming park in Tampa that belongs to the Republic of Cuba.

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

These crumbling foundations are all that remain of the once-stately 1840s manor that gave the town of Bradenton its name.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.