The historic home still shows the scars from a little run-in with the British in 1813.

A desiccated merman and a walrus penis bone are among the oddities in this eclectic collection of shipwreck treasures.

A rotating cast of guys and dolls in front of a Washington, D.C. building.

This unacceptably tall building was the real reason for Washington, D.C.'s skyscraper ban.

Four bald cypress trees in Lafayette Square, across from the White House, mark the southern edge of a 100,000 year old cypress swamp.

An eerie, decaying ghost town destined to fade into the forest.