An unoccupied lighthouse encased in layers of ice from the waters of Lake Erie.

Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.

These sub-farmland caves are home to a majestic stalactite known as the "Crystal King."

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

A castle built by an eccentric medieval enthusiast in rural Ohio.

Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.

Where beautiful signs live on forever.

The birthplace of Appalachia's only first lady, who some have dubbed the United States' "first female president."

Extraordinary objects lurk in this quintessential regional museum.

A museum in the heart of Virginia peanut country devoted to the humble goober.

For nearly a year, General Ulysses S. Grant was based here during the American Civil War.

The eerie ruins of a remote abandoned hamlet said to be founded by the survivors of a shipwreck.

America's second-oldest brick baseball stadium was home to a legendary WWII series that only sailors got to see.

Volcanic stone sentinels stand watch at a Korean Bell Garden in Virginia.

The controversial urban planner who designed Washington, D.C., was buried in Maryland, and can presently be found in Virginia.

This sprawling farm was once a Cold War-era hideaway for the nation's top diplomats.

Hear, smell, see, taste, and touch history at this immersive Civil War hospital.

Where pardoned turkeys once spent their all-too-brief final days.

The taxidermy remains of the most popular pony in children's literature.

At Washington's Dulles Airport is a satellite museum (no pun intended) with three quarters of a million square feet of aircraft history.

The remains of a historic plantation nestled in between a parking lot and the rental car return at Reagan National Airport.

The U.S. Army's giant warehouse of war art includes Hitler’s watercolors and Norman Rockwell oil paintings.

Located at the former Lorton Prison the Lucy Burns Museum tells the story of the 91 year history of the prison including the dark chapter of its involvement in the women's suffrage movement.

The maritime museum that boasts the largest nautical library in the western hemisphere.