This weeping, 10-foot-tall sculpture was a maquette for a 9/11 memorial.

WWII-era bunkers are hidden under the beaches of this picturesque park, which is still scattered with wartime watchtowers. .

A desiccated merman and a walrus penis bone are among the oddities in this eclectic collection of shipwreck treasures.

A wrecked ship dating back to the American Revolution was only recently discovered off the Delaware coast.

Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.

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

The whole world in one water tank.

Easter in Westminster may be the only time and place to behold Edgar Allen Poe made entirely of Marshmallow Peeps.

A haunting exhibit in a wildlife refuge center highlights threatened species and the conservation efforts needed to save them.

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

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

This dig site outside D.C. is known for its exceptionally high density of baby dinosaur fossils and dinosaur eggs.

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

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

This English-inspired Maryland garden is home to acres of opulent plant life including bushes shaped into an entire fox hunt.

A girls' boarding school inspired by the Chicago World's Fair, once abandoned, now restored to strange and scenic glory.

A local farm's collection of unusual structures from a now defunct storybook amusement park.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

A giant time capsule not scheduled to be cored until 2040.

The farming museum contains an extensive taxidermy collection, including the world's largest stuffed horse.

This California artist's front yard acts as a gallery for his unique, scrap metal animal sculptures.

A table rock formation that has been intriguing West Virginians for years.

A historic coal mine that doubles as a museum and tourist attraction.

First a root beer ad, then a golf course clubhouse, and finally a massive teapot.