This scenic Maryland park was the site of one of the worst prison camps of the Civil War.

The Virginia home of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence is being preserved with a unique glass facade.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

The perfect place to take a family of giants for a beach vacation.

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

Once on display alongside a giant Gumby, it’s as tall as a nine-story building when fully extended.

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

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

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

A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.

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

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

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

The iconic statue was moved to a new spot overlooking the James river after several years as a mascot for the local baseball team.

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

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

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

One of the best places to see feral Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

This once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.

The nearly 120-year-old piece of pork wears a brass collar and was once a man's "pet ham."

This statue is dedicated to Grace Sherwood, the last person in Virginia to be convicted of being a witch.