The only known Futuro house in North Carolina sits along a stretch of desolate highway on the Outer Banks.  .

The Cadillac Ranch for monster truck aficionados.

So many migrating birds roost on the bridge, it has a special summer speed limit.

During World War II, blimps were a key part of the United States' defense against German U-boats—this building could house a dozen of the armed airships.

One of the best places to see feral Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

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

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

The perfect place to take a family of giants for a beach vacation.

A monument marks the location of the first successful steamboat demonstration.

This general store is more than a century old and home to various oddities and antiques.

A much-maligned monument to teetotalism.

The monument's pointy aluminum tip has been melted down by repeated lightning strikes.

Legend has it that President Grant’s frequent drinking in the lobby gave rise to the term “lobbyist.”

Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

A little marble compass above George Washington's (empty) tomb in the Capitol marks where D.C.'s four quadrants intersect.

Those with a sharp eye can find the hidden image of a German Shepherd on the memorial's Mural Wall.

The most accurate timepiece in the world.

Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."

You could be standing at the site of one of D.C.'s most fatal tragedies and not even know it.

A celebrity from the late Cretaceous period.

The national park was once a plantation estate.

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.