A Cuban artist reclaimed his impoverished neighborhood as a dreamy folk art kingdom.

This propitious plastic porcine has been petitioning park visitors to pick up after themselves for more than 50 years.

Once the center of a thriving early Black community called Martinsburg.

The unusual medical inventions of the man who gave the world Corn Flakes.

This museum remembers an apocalyptic cult that became more famous for baseball than religious radicalism.

The remains of a religious colony, its amusement park, zoo, and baseball empire.

One man's attempt to create an artistic wonder on a run-down block in Detroit.

Known locally as "the giant head," this 14-foot LED sculpture has a photo booth in the neck where you can have a 3D picture taken and displayed.

The entrance to this sinisterly named tunnel hides behind a Tim Hortons.

Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.

This bell is one of the last remnants of the lost city of Triadelphia.

The largest cemetery for enslaved people in Loudoun County was almost lost to history, if not for the research of a minister.

This ruined quarry once produced the distinctive red sandstone used for construction projects in Washington, D.C.

The only public school for Black children in the region from 1895-1936.

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

Historic barracks utilized during both the Revolutionary War and the Civil War.

Metal dinosaurs lurk in a sculpture garden on the outskirts of a popular resort town.

Scenic mount trashmore, Virginia Beach's most curious waterfront still has a couple of secrets.

The eerie ruins of a remote abandoned hamlet said to be founded by the survivors of a shipwreck.

This statue is dedicated to Grace Sherwood, the last person in Virginia to be convicted of being a witch.

The home of pigs, snakes, chameleons, and the alleged largest bunny in the United States.

One tiny triangular park commemorates the victims of a yellow fever epidemic—many of whom are buried right below the grass.

A cement mixer-turned-kaleidoscope in downtown Norfolk offers different views of the city.

This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.