Standing for over 200 years, the abandoned home of a Revolutionary War hero and later a succession of prison superintendents.

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

An overgrown garden stands as a grim marker of an unrealized dream.

Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.

Located at the former Lorton Prison the Lucy Burns Museum tells the story of the 91 year history of the prison including the dark chapter of its involvement in the women's suffrage movement.

This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.

The national park was once a plantation estate.

It was once the base for a series of domestic terror attacks.

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

A hugely vast Irish landscape of barren rock that stretches for miles.

The mummified heart of a saint lives on in this church—after a brief hiatus when it was stolen.

This permanent collection of preserved bodies taken from Irish bogs is one of the leading authorities on such morbid mummies.

This ancient Irish tower could easily have stood in for Rapunzel's prison.

One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.

An Irish church where an 800-year-old mummy is reaching out of his coffin as if to shake hands.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

A historic neighborhood church is reborn as a psychedelic arts collective.

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.

The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.

America's Most Wanted's set resides in this tribute to the history of crime and punishment.

Giftshop catering to cryptozoologists and anyone with a sense of humor.

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

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

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