A tribute to the beloved, kind-hearted "homeless mayor" of Silver Spring.

A benevolent, 16-foot-tall river dragon lives on a suburban lawn.

The rooster who crossed the road lives on forever in Takoma Park, Maryland.

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

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

A historic cemetery filled with quirky faux wood art and unique tombstones.

This former asylum for Black Americans is haunted by its history of violence and racism.

This 16-foot, intricately detailed model of the Gearing-class destroyer has been called the most detailed model ship ever built.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

The highest point in Delaware is located under a trailer so this marker across the street will have to do.

The tombstone of the founder of the lost town of Ogletown is now stuck inside a traffic median.

A wrecked ship dating back to the American Revolution was only recently discovered off the Delaware coast.

A grotesque Fiji merman dwells within this traditional Dutch-style building.

World War II-era bunkers are hidden under the beaches of this picturesque park, which is still scattered with wartime watchtowers.

Decommissioned NYC subway cars are dumped into the ocean to create this underwater wildlife habitat.

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

A blend of art, antiquities, and Americana fill this museum, surrounded by whimsical, enchanting gardens.

A scenic fort on the harbor protected Philadelphia from an attack that never came.

This splendid Versailles-inspired mansion has the largest French-style formal gardens in North America.

Enchanting gardens surround a derelict mansion, all hidden in plain sight behind a stone wall.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

An isolated island home to one of the oldest English-speaking communities in the region and Maryland's state dessert.

Home of the physician who set the leg of John Wilkes Booth after the Lincoln assassination.

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