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

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

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

Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.

Walk through the history of American pop culture.

A model home in the Medical Examiner's Office in which grisly death scenes are staged to train forensic investigators.

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

An allegorical sculpture in Maryland wears the artist’s politics on its trunk.

A haunting exhibit in a wildlife refuge center highlights threatened species and the conservation efforts needed to save them.

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

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

Fascinating museum dedicated to the under-appreciated medical history of urology features some wince-inducing devices.

A remote horde of architectural treasures fit for Indiana Jones.

This abandoned asylum was once a state of the art facility before devolving into one of the most deadly mental institutions in American history.

A priceless collection of the Nation's cryptologic history.