Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.

Surrounded by traditional homes, this Tolkien-esque dwelling stands out on a quiet street in suburban Maryland.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

Not far from Mount Rainer, an iron wonderland claims the landscape.

An apocalyptic seismic event creates a deadly chain reaction that ends with a 6-mile long lake developing within weeks.

Around half a million years ago, these magnificent columnar basalt cliffs were formed from cooling lava.

This metallic stampede sits frozen on a Washington ridge yet the artist's vision is still incomplete.

A magical sanctuary of mythological statuary.

This large Sitka spruce that appears to be floating in mid-air, has defied logic for years.

The remains of a community that was forced to move for a dam that never materialized still rot in this Pennsylvania park.

Where the famed frontiersman was born, raised, and survived Quaker intrigue

The bridge's highly-contested plaque (once again) honors Confederate President Jefferson Davis.

Home of the only civilian casualty at the Battle of Gettysburg.

A pyramid commemorates the birthplace of James Buchanan, the 15th president of the United States

The smallest covered bridge in Maryland.

This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.

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

These mouldering mansion ruins remember a time when the Catskills were nothing but luxury.

The dairy farm in upstate New York where nearly half a million people gathered for three days of peace and music in 1969.

Oldest existing wire suspension bridge in the United States.

One of the U.S. Forest Service's only mansions is outfitted with a dinner table for floating food.

It would take 35 firetrucks to fill this enormous glacial pothole.

This jail which was in service for over a century is now open for curious visitors.

An Olympic hero stripped of his medals is buried in a town he never visited, which took his name after his death.