Light bulbs, scrap wood, and tinfoil comprise this homemade throne of the gods.

The most decorated dog of World War I is preserved in the Smithsonian.

The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.

Hidden within an idyllic suburban garden is a memorial dedicated to the victims of a terrifying spree of killings committed on U.S. soil.

This dig site outside D.C. is known for its exceptionally high density of baby dinosaur fossils and dinosaur eggs.

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

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

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

The remnants of a wooden-hulled fleet built and abandoned in WWI, now home to a thriving ecosystem.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

The timeworn "Yankee Stadium" of the fastest game in the world isn't going anywhere.

Near the ruins of a Civil War coastal fortress lies the only known African refugee cemetery in the United States.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

Located within a historic park, the beacon is the oldest standing structure in Miami.

Former villa and estate of James Deering developed to preserve native tropical forests.

A community of collapsing homes more than a mile out from the Florida coast.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

The only swimming pool listed on the National Register of Historic Places is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

A small triangle of DC grass is the final resting place of one of Sonny and Cher's songs.

Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.

A traveling postal dog covered 48 states and more than 140,000 miles, and he lives on as taxidermy, patched up with a rabbit's foot and a pig's ear.

The unique traffic pattern named for an influential urban planner is also known as the Pedestrian Scramble.

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.