A walk down memory lane in the heart of one of San Francisco's most notorious neighborhoods.

This shop and studio is dedicated to the art of the book, from letterpress to bookbinding.

Better known as the "Body Farm," this unique research facility has been studying how human bodies break down since the 1980s.

A collection of artifacts from Maryland's maritime past.

This advertisement for talcum powder was painted on the rock face and has since defied removal.

A winding district gerrymandered into the shape of a mantis.

FDR's Art Deco hospital tower was hopelessly inefficient.

The Decoy Capital of the World.

Proto-CIA agents trained with grenades in the sand traps and fired machine guns from the fairways.

A small 19th-century graveyard tucked away in the middle of a suburban neighborhood.

The rooster who crossed the road lives on forever in Takoma Park, Maryland.

The development and impact of electronic media showcased in a picturesque farmhouse in Maryland.

The likeness of the Baltimore music icon was unveiled in time for the anniversary of his Senate hearings on music censorship.

Giant acorn-shaped 19th century gazebo from which suburban Washingtonians gazed upon the original "silver" spring.

Remains of a historic fountain that was mysteriously lost in the demolition of a D.C. traffic circle.

This one-room cabin where the young colonel slept during the French and Indian War.

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

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

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

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

A hidden oasis just two minutes from downtown Atlanta.

The Battle of Atlanta in 360 degrees, featuring a corpse that bears a striking resemblance to Clark Gable.