This Maryland farm is known for its amazing corn mazes and its 30-foot junkbots.

Tiny observatory made big contributions to the study of the Earth's motion.

The ruins of this long-abandoned unsuccessful gold mine can still be found.

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

The tallest The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple in the world soars above the Beltway.

A girls' boarding school inspired by the Chicago World's Fair, once abandoned, now restored to strange and scenic glory.

An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.

Giant acorn-shaped 19th century gazebo from which suburban Washingtonians gazed upon the original "silver" spring.

Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.

Historic home of America's sweetheart sharpshooter, Annie Oakley.

After hundreds of years of settlement, this once-bustling fishing village sunk into the Chesapeake Bay.

What began as an art installation is now the private drinkhaüs for a brewery's employees.

A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.

These tourist trap caverns are said to be the former home of a legendary Pennsylvania Hermit.

One of the oldest Catholic churches in the U.S., situated just east of Gettysburg.

Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.

An outlandish shoe shaped house built by an eccentric millionaire.

North America’s largest collection of horological devices and home to a colossal clock with a dizzying array of features.

The first of Lancaster's "rural cemeteries."

An indoor miniature village and labor of love for Laurence Geiringer, a model railroad enthusiast.

The final resting place of the tragic king and queen of the Jazz Age is tucked away in a small Maryland graveyard.

The development and impact of electronic media showcased in a picturesque farmhouse in Maryland.

A local farm's collection of unusual structures from a now defunct storybook amusement park.

Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.