A diorama of the Civil War, fought by cats.

The tallest The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple in the world soars above the Beltway.

The largest historic preservation organization in the United States.

American involvement in World War I officially ended in 1921 in New Jersey, three years late and thousands of miles from the battlefield.

This public park was the site of the largest civilian disaster of the Civil War.

Soldiers were buried next to Lee's house in the center of Arlington Cemetery to dissuade the general from reclaiming his property after the war.

A bas relief commemorates the "Nuns of the Battlefield" who cared for soldiers on both sides of the conflict.

An unexpected but incredible collection of wildlife dioramas spanning rainforests, swamps, forests, and plains.

The whole world in one water tank.

The residents at this Yellowstone wildlife park will certify your cooler as "bear-proof."

The bespectacled, cocktail-sipping pachyderm is a strange but fitting liquor store mascot.

The unusual medical inventions of the man who gave the world Corn Flakes.

The final resting place of the camel who served with the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

A former Confederate hospital serves as a remembrance of wounded and dead soldiers.

This Birdsill Holly fire hydrant is the remnant of a very different type of hydration innovation.

Two dozen rescued bears roam (mostly) free at the largest bear ranch in the U.S.

The world's largest fire hydrant is supposedly tornado-proof.

Built following the War of 1812, this fort has withstood hurricanes for centuries.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

A decommissioned military complex that's now a modern industrial park.

Cannon designed to fire an atomic warhead.

Civil War Fort on an island in the Boston Harbor.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

This lovely pocket park is one of the most under appreciated in D.C.