Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

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

There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

The last of nine massive kilns that produced many of the red bricks for buildings in Washington, D.C. and northern Virginia in the early 20th century.

A throwback to 1980's gaming nostalgia.

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

Extraordinary objects lurk in this quintessential regional museum.

This twice-relocated "Usonian" home is among the smallest built by master architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

One man's lifelong collection of 10,000 rare steins tells the story of beer drinking from 1350 to today.

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

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

Bubbling up from deep underground is the warm crystal clear water that fills the Warm Springs Pools, America's oldest spa.

A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.

A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

A 300-yard long natural tunnel runs through a ridge deep in the Appalachian Mountains.

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.

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

A replica viking ship from the Chicago World's Fair is still in dry dock in an Illinois park.

A small Chicago museum filled with thousands of preserved butterflies, beetles, and more.