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

The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.

This Virginia railway overpass is said to be haunted by a serial killer in a rabbit costume.

An alternate history park where the Union Army loses the war... to dinosaurs.

The highest point in Virginia can only be reached by passing through ponies and flowers.

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

Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.

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

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

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

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

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

Built by the patriotic residents of Boonsboro in a single day.

Fascinating museum dedicated to the under-appreciated medical history of urology features some wince-inducing devices.

George Washington's dentures and Queen Victoria's dental instruments are in the nation’s official museum of the dental profession.

The 320-year-old tree that greeted General Lafayette and rerouted an interstate highway.

A Civil War Museum with some notable medical antiques.

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

This abandoned sea fort has become an accidental bird sanctuary.

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

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

Once home to seven different roller coasters, Glen Echo has undergone many transformations since its founding in 1891.

A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.

The remnants of a wooden-hulled fleet built and abandoned in WWI, now home to a thriving ecosystem.