A Frankenstein blend of science and art allows one tree to produce 40 different types of stone fruit.

This Art Deco fortress in upstate New York gives Manhattan's vaunted examples of the style a run for their money.

This monument pays tribute to the city’s contribution to basketball history.

A celebrity from the late Cretaceous period.

Railroad officials in the early 1900s sought to spare travelers the sight of Roman soldiers’ private parts.

The national park was once a plantation estate.

The monument's pointy aluminum tip has been melted down by repeated lightning strikes.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.

The National Park Service’s best-kept secret with views that rival any in D.C.

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

One of the largest artillery pieces in the world sits in a Washington D.C. parking lot.

Part of a WWII submarine is lurking outside the Washington Navy Yard parking lot.

The 72-foot giant escaped confinement in a large patch of mulch only to be reburied in the sandy shores of the Potomac River.

This isn't your average roadway—it's actually a National Park and a transportation pioneer.

The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.

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

A grandiose title could not save this mercantile community from obscurity.

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

The world's longest known cave system.

This whimsical campus lawn is dotted with large sculpted numbers and hidden mathematical formulas.

The world's only statue dedicated to the greatest Great Dane in comic strip history.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world's largest coastal brick fortresses.

Recently celebrating its 25th anniversary, the garden opened in September 1997 to celebrate the men and women who have had the greatest impact on Key West.