The whole world in one water tank.

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

This Maryland farm is known for its amazing corn mazes and its 30-foot junkbots.

This stunning home looks like it belongs in medieval Europe, not North Carolina.

Art museum based around the collections accumulated over 58 years by one eccentric thrift store owner.

On Hilton Head Island this bronze King of the Sea rules all things briny—and lets you know if you’re late for lunch.

This site is believed to be connected to the oldest house in Arlington County.

Once the largest trading firm of enslaved people in the U.S., this building is now a museum that preserves Alexandria's dark past.

The grave of a champion Thoroughbred hides within the former presidential estate.

Conveniently located within binocular range of a nuclear bunker, the "summer camp" area was a painfully obvious spy house.

A decaying garage hidden amid the dense forest is all that remains of a once-prosperous dairy farm.

This pun was simply waiting to come to life, and one defense contractor made it so.

This simple stone memorial remembers a secret, Geneva Convention-defying interrogation base from WWII.

This campus chapel is Robert E. Lee's final resting place and a topic of debate about the legacy of the Civil War.

Rowdy rebels fortified this home during the first popular uprising in United States history.

America's first federal monument.

Within this lovely Richmond cemetery lie the remains of famous Virginians and some of Edgar Allan Poe's most beloved family and friends.

The only place for a truly presidential dram.

This beautiful vintage movie palace has seen little change in form or function since the 1920s.

The Virginia farm where John Wilkes Booth met his grisly end is now largely forgotten.

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

An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.

A place to eat for on-the-run agents and espionage enthusiasts.

The highest point in Iowa, while not that impressive to mountain states, has earned its own monuments.