Washington, D.C.
NIST Newton Apple Tree
A clone of a cloned tree that was so important it allegedly had its own guards.
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Fort Washington, Maryland
Fort Foote Rodman Guns
A mammoth pair of Civil War artillery guns abandoned out in the forest.
Arlington, Virginia
Arlington Temple United Methodist Church
This church built atop a gas station promises to "equip you for the next stage in your life’s journey."
Washington, D.C.
Lincoln Memorial Undercroft
A cavernous three-story, 43,800-square-foot basement that was forgotten about for 60 years.
Canyon, Texas
Palo Duro Canyon
The Grand Canyon of Texas.
Alden, New York
Town Line, New York
The "last holdout of the Confederacy” actually sat at the edge of the Canadian border.
Washington, D.C.
The Capitol Stones
Enormous piles of historically significant stones, dumped by Congress in a forest, and abandoned for 60 years.
Castroville, California
World's Largest Artichoke Statue
It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."
Dublin, Ohio
Cornhenge
The inventor of a number of hybrid corn species is immortalized with a field of giant corn.
Alexandria, Virginia
Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum
An original apothecary from 1792.
Bahrain
Shajarat-al-Hayat (Tree of Life)
This centuries-old tree tells an unusual tale of vegetation and fertility in the desert.
