Outstanding taxidermy dioramas showcase the grandeur of the continent's wildlife with spooky realism.

One of the most dazzling dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History is also one of the oldest.

An eerie diorama that captures the majestic nature of a few prehistoric-looking beasts.

Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.

Collecting 700 years of mechanical death-dealing, the NRA's sprawling gun museum is a revealing testament to the American obsession with armament.

This Virginia railway overpass is said to be haunted by a serial killer in a rabbit costume.

The most historic church in Fairfax County played a role in the creation of the American Red Cross.

One of the oldest train stations still standing in Virginia played a vital role during the Civil War.

The only place for a truly presidential dram.

Taste the white whiskey that the United States' first president once distilled and enjoyed.

The graveyard holding the remains of George Washington's slaves was forgotten for nearly 200 years.

The tomb was guarded by soldiers from both sides of the war, and some left their initials carved in the brick.

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

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

Government testing at the asylum briefly explored using marijuana as a "truth serum" on Nazi prisoners of war.

Go take a picture with the inventor of the daguerreotype photographic process.

The maritime museum that boasts the largest nautical library in the western hemisphere.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

This lovely picnic spot featuring thunderous jet landings is an aircraft spotter’s dream.

The semi-reclaimed ruins of this canal were once part of an ambitious plan to reroute the mighty potomac.

This pun was simply waiting to come to life, and one defense contractor made it so.

At Washington's Dulles Airport is a satellite museum (no pun intended) with three quarters of a million square feet of aircraft history.

These unusual rooms on wheels are holdovers from the 1960s.

The story behind the mysterious symbol painted in front of the historic university's famous Rotunda.