This municipal playground was co-created by the father of one of the most playful characters ever.

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

For decades, it has disappeared and reappeared as water levels rise and fall.

The hometown of movie legend, military officer and All-American guy next door, honors this great actor.

An occult-y, historic hotel with the World's Largest Ouija board on the roof.

Berkeley Hot Springs presents to you "the only outdoor monument to presidential bathing."

Dozens upon dozens of boulders engraved with scripture tell the story of one man's troubled life.

A tradition unlike any other, this marks the site of the annual Groundhog's Day tradition.

An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.

A dozen U.S. presidents have stayed at the historic resort, which was known as James Buchanan’s “Summer White House” from 1857-1861.

This hidden treasure provides a charming access point along the south side of Baker Park.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

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

The beloved, war-tested mascot of a Union regiment graces their battlefield monument.

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

The little-known, 300-year history of the area includes former lives as a bustling tobacco port, parking lot, and industrial dump.

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

A gorgeous mural outside a beloved D.C. restaurant pays homage to famous Black Americans.

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

Under a playground is a little-known sealed train tunnel that likely contains the bodies of workers trapped by cave-ins.

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

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

Located on 420 acres in the high desert, this spiritual center is dedicated to the "science of the future."

Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.