An out-of-the-way wildlife haven with a rich and storied past of harboring thousands of fugitive slaves, or "Maroons" during the mid 1800s.

Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.

This collection of over 50 classic pinball machines awaits visitors to downtown Roanoke.

The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.

The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.

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

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

Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."

A model home in the Medical Examiner's Office in which grisly death scenes are staged to train forensic investigators.

A remote, little-known natural arch in granite in the desert of northwestern Nevada.

The self-proclaimed gateway to the Extraterrestrial Highway.

An old railroad grade built for the construction of Hoover Dam is now a recreational trail featuring several tunnels and sweeping views of Lake Mead.

This sign designates the road that leads to the infamous Area 51.

This arid landscape was once a lush wetland. Today, it's a paleontological site filled with fossilized mammoths, sabertooth cats, and more.

Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.

An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.

In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.

This historic folk art garden contains a nightmare tower that claims to be the world's largest concrete totem pole.

A real flying saucer, contracted by the U.S. Air Force.

An office built to look like a giant basket.

Circleville is seriously smitten with this giant gourd.

The nearly 200-year-old building displays a perplexing grammatical error.

Inside houses a vast collection of military aircraft and missiles spanning the ages.

A favorite of Amelia Earhart, ranking among those rare bridges that can be crossed without changing sides of the river.