A remote horde of architectural treasures fit for Indiana Jones.

This abandoned asylum was once a state of the art facility before devolving into one of the most deadly mental institutions in American history.

From failed port town to Civil War fort, the ruins of this former defense saw their finest day in the television age.

One of the earliest and best-preserved buildings in Charles County, Maryland.

A remarkably well-preserved one room schoolhouse that dates back to 1876.

Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.

A church now sits over the site of one of the worst urban disasters of early 19th-century America.

Where three rails and three centuries of transportation meet.

Don't be surprised if you see a long-necked dinosaur peeking out from among the trees in Northgate Park.

The antique barns in Cameron are not painted with your grandfather's Mail Pouch Tobacco murals.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

A museum dedicated to a unique ecosystem.

The oldest church building in the state.

This multi-story wooden waterpark offers homemade thrills.

The humble gravesite of the man who failed to cash in on his Pepsi-cola goldmine.

A disarmed 40-foot nuclear missile on display outside a North Carolina church.

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

A fake 1930s-euro-style hotel with an indoor mini golf course.

A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

Under a playground is a little-known sealed train tunnel that likely contains the bodies of workers trapped by cave-ins.

Depending on who you ask, this controversial treehouse is either a charmingly creative child's playhouse or an illegal encroachment on public land.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.