Sparkling, calcite-covered skeletons of children who may have been sacrificed to appease an angry god.

A pocket of jungle amidst urban expansion in Panama.

A 220-foot deep watery drop-off, filled with marine life.

This lonely waterfront memorial to the men of the Titanic was erected by the "Women of America."

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

Oldest Protestant church in the Middle East, designed to resemble a synagogue.

Neighborhood in Jerusalem is home to the ultra-orthodox haredim.

This "Jewish Sistine Chapel" was designed to reinvigorate Judaism's artistic legacy but was almost lost to misguided restoration.

A "miracle" that seems to produce more holy fistfights than holy revelations.

The home of the Dead Sea Scrolls is an abstract modernist dream.

As the Dead Sea continues to deplete, massive sinkholes open along its banks.

The tallest The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple in the world soars above the Beltway.

A former major munitions plant that has been converted into a sprawling art space.

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

The only Civil War battle in Washington D.C. took place near this highest natural point in the city.

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

Largest Roman Catholic church in North America.

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

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

What began as an art installation is now the private drinkhaüs for a brewery's employees.

This 3,500 pound obelisk was constructed with more than 1,000 reclaimed guns.

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

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.