The chefs at El Diablo use heat generated by an active volcano to cook the food.

A bronze of the man in all his sinewy glory celebrates his longtime connection to the Ohio city.

This former POW camp was transformed into a Cold War missile installation.

The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.

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

An innovative attempt to break a siege in the American Civil War still scars the earth today.

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

Under a playground is a little-known sealed train tunnel that likely contains the bodies of workers trapped by cave-ins.

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

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

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

Memorial stone for GWAR vocalist, depicted in his iconic costume.

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

These five Art Deco homes were meant to solve the "small house problem."

The oldest military monument in the United States.

This 16-foot, intricately detailed model of the Gearing-class destroyer has been called the most detailed model ship ever built.

A total of 14 men held the title of "president" before George Washington—their historical legacies are enshrined in the lobby of a hotel.

A suburban museum tells the story of a historic transportation network and even provides rides in antique trolley cars.

Two dozen pinball games hidden away inside a most unlikely location.

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

Its diverse collection of computers and technology spans the ages.

Ship skeletons haunt Baltimore's waterways.

The 320-year-old tree that greeted General Lafayette and rerouted an interstate highway.

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.