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

The remnants of a wooden-hulled fleet built and abandoned in WWI, now home to a thriving ecosystem.

This war hero's old shop remembers the fine line between medicine and quackery during the Revolutionary War.

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

The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.

Winding country roads in eastern West Virginia lead to an extraordinary place populated by fiberglass giants.

It marks the spooky spot where the bodies of two young boys were found in the 19th century.

Journey through a collection of over 35,000 Halloween items from all generations.

The mortal remains of a Russian prince, priest and paranormal investigator who came to America in 1792.

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

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.

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

Inspired by a foil-wrapped potato, (seriously) the Markel Building has been deemed one of the 10 ugliest buildings in the world.

A genuine Tudor manor transported piece by piece from England.

This beautiful vintage movie palace has seen little change in form or function since the 1920s.

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

This labyrinthine resting place of Black American leaders has been reclaimed by nature.

A former Confederate hospital serves as a remembrance of wounded and dead soldiers.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

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

Within this lovely Richmond cemetery lie the remains of famous Virginians and some of Edgar Allan Poe's most beloved family and friends.

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