The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

In the early 1800s, surgery was also a show.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

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

Meet some of the most prominent figures in Black history through life-sized wax models.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

Once America's tallest structure, now a Baltimore landmark.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

The cruel trial of a 13-year-old boy inspired the creation of this now abandoned reformatory.

Electronic inventions that resulted in products and systems we use every day are on display in this labor-of-love museum.

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.

The world's largest vertical wind tunnel.

A curious blend of taxidermy, antique tools, creationism, and a purported antediluvian rock.

The antique barns in Cameron are not painted with your grandfather's Mail Pouch Tobacco murals.

A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.

An eerily abandoned stone tower is all that remains of a demolished dam on Cape Fear River.

Art Deco urban decay at this historical building.

This once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.

North America's oldest quarantine facility was built in response to Philadelphia's 1793 yellow fever outbreak.

This family mausoleum is steeped in symbolism and looks more like a fantasy location than a grave.