Savannah, Georgia
The Pirates' House
This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."
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Savannah, Georgia
Sears Mishap House Myth
Local myth claims this is a Sears catalogue home with its windows installed upside-down.
Savannah, Georgia
The Waving Girl
A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.
Savannah, Georgia
Grave of Gracie Watson
More than a century after her death, Little Gracie Watson remains one of Savannah's most often-visited residents.
Savannah, Georgia
Grave of Corinne Elliot Lawton
This haunting tombstone comes complete with a heartbreaking story of love and loss.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Lake Pontchartrain Causeway
The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.
Titusville, Florida
NASA Vehicle Assembly Building
A building so large that it has its own weather.
Titusville, Florida
American Space Museum
The unique collection includes bronze cast handprints of some of America's most famous astronauts.
Washington, D.C.
Navy Yard Railroad Gun
One of the largest artillery pieces in the world sits in a Washington D.C. parking lot.
Washington, D.C.
USS Missouri Model Ship
The U.S. Navy’s preposterously detailed mini battleship took 77,000 hours to complete.
Vienna, Virginia
Foxstone Park Bridge
A double agent hid information for the Soviet Union beneath this bridge for more than 20 years.
Chantilly, Virginia
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
At Washington's Dulles Airport is a satellite museum (no pun intended) with three quarters of a million square feet of aircraft history.
Sterling, Virginia
Dulles Airport Mobile Lounges
These unusual rooms on wheels are holdovers from the 1960s.
Washington, D.C.
The Lockkeeper's House
A derelict bit of infrastructure from the canal that once ran through D.C. is landlocked in the heart of the city.
Washington, D.C.
The K-9 of the Korean War Veterans Memorial
Those with a sharp eye can find the hidden image of a German Shepherd on the memorial's Mural Wall.
Washington, D.C.
Lincoln Memorial Undercroft
A cavernous three-story, 43,800-square-foot basement that was forgotten about for 60 years.
Washington, D.C.
Water Gate at the Watergate Complex
Before Nixon, "watergate" meant canals.
Washington, D.C.
Georgetown Waterfront
The little-known, 300-year history of the area includes former lives as a bustling tobacco port, parking lot, and industrial dump.
Washington, D.C.
The Exorcist Stairs
The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.
Baltimore, Maryland
Mr. Trash Wheel
This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.
Herndon, Virginia
Nike Missile Launch Site W-83
An out-of-place Air Force radar dome is all that denotes this park as a former missile launch site.
McLean, Virginia
Patowmack Canal
The semi-reclaimed ruins of this canal were once part of an ambitious plan to reroute the mighty potomac.
Potomac, Maryland
Maryland Gold Mine Ruins
The ruins of this long-abandoned unsuccessful gold mine can still be found.
Cabin John, Maryland
Union Arch Bridge
The bridge's highly-contested plaque (once again) honors Confederate President Jefferson Davis.
