The towering figures were created from the cemetery's fallen old-growth trees.

This general store is more than a century old and home to various oddities and antiques.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

A park full of outsider art, created by college students studying outsider art.

A miniature golf course crafted inside the world's largest simulated cave.

An almost life-sized elephant named Ms. Ellie greets visitors at this jumbo-themed museum.

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

The oldest surviving one-room schoolhouse in Montgomery County, Maryland.

This English-inspired Maryland garden is home to acres of opulent plant life including bushes shaped into an entire fox hunt.

Hidden within an idyllic suburban garden is a memorial dedicated to the victims of a terrifying spree of killings committed on U.S. soil.

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.

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

Baltimore's classic clock tower was once topped by a rotating, 20-ton medicine bottle.

Walk a trail through a historic Quaker town that outlawed slavery in 1777 and was a major waypoint on the Underground Railroad.

Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.

Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.

The ruins of this long-abandoned unsuccessful gold mine can still be found.

Affectionately known as "Lord Bot," this historic statue has a cult social media following and rightly claims to be “the most metal inhabitant of the Wren Yard.”

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

A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.

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

This labyrinthine resting place of Black American leaders has been reclaimed by nature.

Herbert Hoover's "Brown House" rural presidential retreat was a PR disaster amid the start of the Great Depression.

Outdoor exhibits explore the contributions of European, African, and indigenous peoples to American frontier culture.