The Decoy Capital of the World.

An allegorical sculpture in Maryland wears the artist’s politics on its trunk.

This 16-foot, intricately detailed model of the Gearing-class destroyer has been called the most detailed model ship ever built.

The bridge's highly-contested plaque (once again) honors Confederate President Jefferson Davis.

The wooded estate of the Forest Service employee responsible for D.C.’s cherry blossom trees.

A small 19th-century graveyard tucked away in the middle of a suburban neighborhood.

This historic lighthouse was well known for the large number of women who served as its keeper.

The rooster who crossed the road lives on forever in Takoma Park, Maryland.

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

This suburban house is made of dirt, and almost sparked a revolution in home construction.

Dogs, cats, horses, monkeys, frogs, and fish are laid to rest at the second-oldest pet cemetery in the U.S.

America's first nuclear-powered merchant ship is now a time warp to the atomic age.

This ruined quarry once produced the distinctive red sandstone used for construction projects in Washington, D.C.

Rediscovered after a century, the father of the American Navy was reinterred in something dredged up from Davy Jones' Locker.

The whole world in one water tank.

The final resting place of the tragic king and queen of the Jazz Age is tucked away in a small Maryland graveyard.

After hundreds of years of settlement, this once-bustling fishing village sunk into the Chesapeake Bay.

A cave on the Maryland border where civilians took refuge during the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.

This Maryland farm is known for its amazing corn mazes and its 30-foot junkbots.

The ruins of this long-abandoned unsuccessful gold mine can still be found.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

This beautiful Brooklyn monument over a crypt memorializes a grim and largely unknown story from the American Revolution.

Haven for steampunks.

Abandoned 19th century homes once occupied by naval officers, soon to be demolished.