Current docking place of the SS United States, the fastest transatlantic ocean liner.

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

The oldest active church in Pennsylvania is also the second oldest Swedish Church in the United States.

An Irish Memorial commemorating those who perished due to potato blight.

Intertwined, interspecies trees which locals believe can grant boons to lovers.

No one knows how or why this painting appeared to produce crystallized tears.

Recycled junk and fishing buoys litter the yard and facade of this bait shop cum art project.

A memorial to legendary newsman, publisher, and owner of La Gaceta, the only trilingual newspaper in the U.S.

"Bite or Smite" became the unlikely mascot of a Tampa suburb.

These former theme park figures have a new lease on life outside a water plant-turned-restaurant.

Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.

The collection of 80+ pieces created between the years 1100 and 1500 is intended to be seen, heard, smelled, touched, and tasted.

A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

After the Cuban Revolution, the famous rum company had to leave their swanky headquarters behind.

The oldest building in the District of Columbia was preserved because of a mistaken connection to George Washington.

A bas relief commemorates the "Nuns of the Battlefield" who cared for soldiers on both sides of the conflict.

Was there a small "backpack nuke" hidden in the attic? JFK apparently thought so.

A super-sized promotional trick that is now a D.C. landmark.

Coins and medals straight from the mint await visitors to this shop in the nation's capital.

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.

D.C. once had its own tiny rival to the New York Stock Exchange.

A little marble compass above George Washington's (empty) tomb in the Capitol marks where D.C.'s four quadrants intersect.

A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.

An atomic bomb-proof strongbox protects the U.S. Constitution from terrorists and thieves.