The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.

This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.

This psychedelic tourist trap is a leisurely descent into madness.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.

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

This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.

One of the only memorials dedicated to journalists who died in combat.

A mammoth pair of Civil War artillery guns abandoned out in the forest.

Baltimore's classic clock tower was once topped by a rotating, 20-ton medicine bottle.

A star fort along the C&O Canal in western Maryland that protected America in three wars.

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

This fort down the Potomac from Washington, D.C. was once the only defensive fort protecting the capital.

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

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

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

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

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.

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

Despite violent work crews and massive delays this abandoned canal tunnel was built to last into the modern day.

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.

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