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

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

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

Maryland's first (and last standing) toll house on America's first federal road established the state as the "Gateway to the West."

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

A monumental statue of RCA's mascot now sits atop a historical society roof after a life of moving around.

This beautiful stone arch bridge wasn't even expected to stand for one day, but people have been crossing it for centuries.

The design of this historic domed church was influenced by Thomas Jefferson and intended as a statement of religious freedom.

A pre-Industrial Age iron furnace and the site of a nearly-forgotten piece of Black history.

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

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

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

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

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

The Man In Black grew up in a large agrarian community established by the federal government in the Great Depression.

This monumental Jesus is often referred to as "Our Milk Carton With Arms."

This haunted hotel built on natural springs once served as a hospital for a quack doctor promising a cure for cancer.

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

A cemetery for only coon hounds in northwest Alabama.

A miniature city built by a single hunchbacked monk.

Every president in history is immortalized in bronze in downtown Rapid City.

A six-ton, 12-foot-tall concrete prairie dog is touted as the largest in the world.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

Thanks to a loophole in property ownership, this alleyway has become a cacophonous street gallery.