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

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

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

The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.

The site where Poe "in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance" likely died.

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

It's not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music's library has been described as a "cathedral of books."

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

Metal dinosaurs lurk in a sculpture garden on the outskirts of a popular resort town.

Long buried under the 20th-century landscape, this lift lock of the Alexandria Canal is the lone remnant of an ambitious early American transportation project.

A massive, majestic mammal watches over pedestrians from his perch atop a former B.P.O.E. lodge.

A memorial dedicated to a highly decorated Marine and Korean War veteran, who also happened to be a horse.

These figures float and flutter in this fountain crafted by famed Swedish sculptor Carl Milles.

These massive concrete balls were used to mine gold in Virginia.

America's second-oldest brick baseball stadium was home to a legendary WWII series that only sailors got to see.

This cannonball stands as a reminder of the final act of a fleeting governor amidst a revolution.

Rowdy rebels fortified this home during the first popular uprising in United States history.

A whopping 14,000 copper coins cover this miniature fighter jet.

The Grand Ole Opry's big voice came from a small home in rural Virginia where she was eventually buried.

This colonial tavern played host to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other famous early Americans.

The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

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