A chaotic collection of maritime artifacts, art, and really whatever else happens to be around.

An abandoned amusement park hints at the twisted history of the Newfoundland Railway.

This oddly named town refuses to change its phallic moniker.

This rocky spread has been squeezed up directly from the bowels of the earth.

Hundreds of enormous icebergs drift through this waterway every year.

An ancient Viking village in North America that predates Columbus by 500 years.

The iconic D.C. restaurant where the Cuban Missile Crisis was negotiated, now a Walgreens.

It was once the base for a series of domestic terror attacks.

Bar full of oddities, specimens, artifacts and homages to the great dime museums of the past.

Surrounded by a verdant garden and a backdrop of ivy, a monument to beloved poet Khalil Gibran stands outside of the Lebanese embassy.

The first museum in the U.S. to address human rights issues in China.

The former home of the woman who successfully fought to integrate restaurants in Washington, D.C.

Depending on who you ask, this controversial treehouse is either a charmingly creative child's playhouse or an illegal encroachment on public land.

Railroad officials in the early 1900s sought to spare travelers the sight of Roman soldiers’ private parts.

A tribute to the pop culture icon overlooks this Washington D.C. intersection.

This fertility idol of questionable authenticity inspired an iconic Indiana Jones artifact.

A replica of the famous memorial statue at the Normandy American Cemetery hides in an office building in downtown D.C.

A memorial to a shareholder activist feared by CEOs around the United States.

Through the decades, Black music stars have performed at this historic hub for music and the arts.

A public art jibe at one of the United States’ oldest and longest-serving senators.

The world's oldest soul food restaurant is also one of its best.

Corn-inthian columns with a uniquely American take on neoclassical architecture.

A promising candidate for the lost rock laid by George Washington was unearthed, but the hunt is still on.

‘Bush the old fire dog died of poison July 5th, 1869. RIP.’