A historic cemetery with unique artwork, a Civil War fort, and also happens to be the site of the Battle of Bladensburg.

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

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

The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

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

This former asylum for Black Americans is haunted by its history of violence and racism.

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.

Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.

An FDR-era tuberculosis sanatorium has stood abandoned in the suburbs of the U.S. capital for over 30 years.

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

This statue inspired by Renoir's famous painting embodies the jovial spirit of Key West.

Bat house that has only ever housed bat for one night; they all flew away and never came back.

Near the ruins of a Civil War coastal fortress lies the only known African refugee cemetery in the United States.

The largest freshwater lake in the Florida Keys.