An unassuming, powerful monument north of the U.S. Capitol bears witness to the resilience of Japanese Americans during a time of grave injustice.

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

An easily overlooked memorial to a Ukrainian famine-genocide that killed over 4 million people.

A celebrity from the late Cretaceous period.

She stares out across six lanes of traffic, clutching a musket and infant with determination.

Giftshop catering to cryptozoologists and anyone with a sense of humor.

FDR's Art Deco hospital tower was hopelessly inefficient.

Enormous piles of historically significant stones, dumped by Congress in a forest, and abandoned for 60 years.

A Civil War fort in the middle of Washington, D.C. has been swallowed by a forest.

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

An allegorical sculpture in Maryland wears the artist’s politics on its trunk.

The world's oldest continuously operating airport was founded by the Wright Brothers.

Walk a trail through a historic Quaker town that outlawed slavery in 1777 and was a major waypoint on the Underground Railroad.

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.

Walk through the history of American pop culture.

One of the oldest anatomical theaters in the U.S. still in use was once the site of an infamous cadaver riot.

Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.

An eerie, abandoned military base engulfed by nature and graffiti is now home to a local park.

This 1830s store is believed to be the site of Harriet Tubman's first stand.

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

One of the only memorials dedicated to journalists who died in combat.

A mammoth pair of Civil War artillery guns abandoned out in the forest.

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