A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

The telescope that discovered Neptune.

This scenic Maryland park was the site of one of the worst prison camps of the Civil War.

This estate on the banks of the James River was home to a Founding Father, two presidents, a famous bugle melody, and what some say was the actual first Thanksgiving.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

Under a playground is a little-known sealed train tunnel that likely contains the bodies of workers trapped by cave-ins.

This historic, one-acre island is the only legal place to camp in the city of Richmond.

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

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

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

This beautiful vintage movie palace has seen little change in form or function since the 1920s.

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

The Cold War-era "underground Pentagon" is a sprawling subterranean hideaway for the Defense Department.

The "All-Seeing Eye of God" symbol on this library is a clue to one of the many former lives of this building.

The hidden ruins of a mill that is linked to an attempt to assassinate the vice president of the United States.

Built in the 1850s, this church was of the first five churches constructed in Harper's Ferry.

This advertisement for talcum powder was painted on the rock face and has since defied removal.

The smallest covered bridge in Maryland.

First built around 1848, this bridge was destroyed by arson, but original timbers are included in the replacement.

Built by the patriotic residents of Boonsboro in a single day.

One of the only memorials dedicated to journalists who died in combat.

A pre-Industrial Age iron furnace and the site of a nearly-forgotten piece of Black history.