“You better take care of me Lord, if you don't you're gonna have me on your hands.” ― Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

These old doors are covered in the signatures of Rehoboth Beach artists dating back to the 1930s.

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

FDR's Art Deco hospital tower was hopelessly inefficient.

This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.

A monumental statue of RCA's mascot now sits atop a historical society roof after a life of moving around.

An intricately designed junk art house with four extravagant junk art cars hidden in the suburbs.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

A local farm's collection of unusual structures from a now defunct storybook amusement park.

Members of Congress have traveled between the buildings on Capitol Hill for a century hidden from tourists, press, and storm clouds.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

This seemingly out-of-place gas station by the Watergate hotel was once described as the most expensive gas station in the world.

A local prank turned town icon.

The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.

An outlandish shoe shaped house built by an eccentric millionaire.

At Washington's Dulles Airport is a satellite museum (no pun intended) with three quarters of a million square feet of aircraft history.

This fort down the Potomac from Washington, D.C. was once the only defensive fort protecting the capital.

An eccentric company offers eccentric millionaires the opportunity to have spaceflight-related experiences.

This stately building in Alexandria, Virginia was built by Freemasons to honor one of their most famous members.

A former major munitions plant that has been converted into a sprawling art space.

The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.

Once home to seven different roller coasters, Glen Echo has undergone many transformations since its founding in 1891.

Soldiers were buried next to Lee's house in the center of Arlington Cemetery to dissuade the general from reclaiming his property after the war.