One critic described it as "middle Mussolini, early Ramses, and late Neiman-Marcus." Another called it an architectural "natural disaster."

Part of a WWII submarine is lurking outside the Washington Navy Yard parking lot.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

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

Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.

The privately owned cemetery that holds room for Washington's finest when they step down from life.

Home to a vast and influential collection of Shakespeareana.

A nostalgic bibliographic gem.

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

Public opinion is still divided on this enormous sculpture in front of Baltimore's Penn Station.

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.

The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

The childhood home of the Sultan of Swat is just a line drive away from Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

This knick-knack-covered house (complete with a matching van) is a charming oddity in the middle of a modest downtown neighborhood.

A collection of human remains, animal body parts, and other macabre curiosities all legally for sale.

This Toronto garden collects stares and tchotchkes in equal measure.

This unusual structure may be on its way to becoming a cultural landmark in Toronto.

This urban oasis is a marvelous meld of music and landscape architecture.

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

The world's largest kaleidoscope, designed by a 1960s psychedelic artist.

Homemade rockets, dinosaurs, and robots make this New York small business much more than a furniture store.

One of many reminders of Tesla's scientific contributions overlooks the falls which inspired him.