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The only recreation of William Shakespeare's indoor playhouse.

This unique historical monument features large concrete spheres designed to resemble fallen stars.

The narrowest house in America is seven feet of pure spite.

The wooded estate of the Forest Service employee responsible for D.C.’s cherry blossom trees.

An abandoned church gets a second life as a massive beer hall and event space.

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

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

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

An original apothecary from 1792.

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

An alternate history park where the Union Army loses the war... to dinosaurs.

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

Giant acorn-shaped 19th century gazebo from which suburban Washingtonians gazed upon the original "silver" spring.

The flower-shaped temple in Virginia aims to transcend the boundaries of the world’s religions.

An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.

The Forest Service's surprisingly sophisticated collection of wildfire prevention art features America's most beloved bear.

Two dozen pinball games hidden away inside a most unlikely location.

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

A 300-yard long natural tunnel runs through a ridge deep in the Appalachian Mountains.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.

Easter in Westminster may be the only time and place to behold Edgar Allen Poe made entirely of Marshmallow Peeps.

Live data is transmitted from the Atlantic coast to instantly recreate the ocean waves in this fountain at the NOAA headquarters.

This scenic Maryland park was the site of one of the worst prison camps of the Civil War.