A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.

An extensive, if one-sided, history of U.S. law enforcement's war on drugs.

The first of Lancaster's "rural cemeteries."

A former Confederate hospital serves as a remembrance of wounded and dead soldiers.

The rusting remains are visible sticking out of the waters of the Delaware Bay.

A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.

This Old Testament garden features 100 plants from biblical times.

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

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.

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

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.