Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

A swimming hole in the historic industrial quarry that supplied the marble for the Baltimore Washington Monument.

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

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.

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

An almost life-sized elephant named Ms. Ellie greets visitors at this jumbo-themed museum.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

Architecture lovers won’t stop touching the National Gallery's 19.5 degree marble prow.

A lovely aquatic park built by a one-armed Civil War veteran who made a fortune from lotuses.

Politicians, bureaucrats, and military officers gathered in this field near the Capitol to settle their disputes with blood.

The world's oldest continuously operating airport was founded by the Wright Brothers.

A lawn full of retired spacecraft on display at one of NASA's first research labs.

An FDR-era tuberculosis sanatorium has stood abandoned in the suburbs of the U.S. capital for over 30 years.

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

A relic of FDR's brief foray into utopian urban planning.

An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

A small poultry graveyard in the courtyard of a popular Key West watering hole.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

Island ghost town detailing Flagler's folly in building the Overseas Railroad.

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.