To enter the lower hall of this temple, you must first walk through a dragon.

A theme park made of glass, from the gleaming books on the shelves to the crystal fish in the mirror lake.

The "first cat," "first dog," and even a presidential pygmy hippo all get their due in this museum.

The Pentagon is so large that it was planned like a city, complete with internal highway infrastructure.

These massive concrete balls were used to mine gold in Virginia.

Conveniently located within binocular range of a nuclear bunker, the "summer camp" area was a painfully obvious spy house.

Affectionately known as "Lord Bot," this historic statue has a cult social media following and rightly claims to be “the most metal inhabitant of the Wren Yard.”

This cannonball stands as a reminder of the final act of a fleeting governor amidst a revolution.

An innovative attempt to break a siege in the American Civil War still scars the earth today.

Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.

Hop on the train and tour an elaborate miniature town made completely of junk (including the train).

A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.