A painfully obvious spy house sits right across the street from the Russian Embassy.

Surrounded by industrial sprawl, a small monument marks the site of William Penn's first landing in Pennsylvania.

The fastest transatlantic ocean liner sat abandoned in a Philadelphia shipyard for decades.

The first partially complete dinosaur skeleton was discovered here, forever changing the world's view of the ruling reptiles.

These strange large stones served as a campsite and lookout post for generations of Native Americans.

The cruel trial of a 13-year-old boy inspired the creation of this now abandoned reformatory.

This ceremonial mound is one of the first officially recognized Native American historical sites in North Carolina.

This statue of one of baseball’s greatest pitchers looks like something out of a sci-fi horror movie.

The design of this historic domed church was influenced by Thomas Jefferson and intended as a statement of religious freedom.

A hidden alley in urban Baltimore is a haven for graffiti artists.

A collection of artifacts from Maryland's maritime past.

Wedged between two sets of row houses is an awkwardly located family graveyard.

Ship skeletons haunt Baltimore's waterways.

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

A faded sign from the 1920s remembers Baltimore's resistance toward banning alcohol.

This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.

The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.

This colonial cabin is the oldest building in High Point, built by one of the first settlers in the area.

Every week, a festive public jam session breaks out in downtown Asheville.

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.

One tiny triangular park commemorates the victims of a yellow fever epidemic—many of whom are buried right below the grass.

This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.

A cement mixer-turned-kaleidoscope in downtown Norfolk offers different views of the city.

This cannonball stands as a reminder of the final act of a fleeting governor amidst a revolution.