Places calicobearcat Wants to Go

The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.

The remnants of a wooden-hulled fleet built and abandoned in WWI, now home to a thriving ecosystem.

This war hero's old shop remembers the fine line between medicine and quackery during the Revolutionary War.

A cave on the Maryland border where civilians took refuge during the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.

The ruins of this long-abandoned unsuccessful gold mine can still be found.

One of the only memorials dedicated to journalists who died in combat.

A monument marks the location of the first successful steamboat demonstration.

The semi-reclaimed ruins of this canal were once part of an ambitious plan to reroute the mighty potomac.

The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.

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

A once-thriving hotel in the Swiss Alps couldn't compete with climate change.

One of the oldest anatomical theaters in the U.S. still in use was once the site of an infamous cadaver riot.

The final resting place of the tragic king and queen of the Jazz Age is tucked away in a small Maryland graveyard.

Baltimore's classic clock tower was once topped by a rotating, 20-ton medicine bottle.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

This seemingly out-of-place gas station by the Watergate hotel was once described as the most expensive gas station in the world.

A heroic pigeon that, through a barrage of gunfire, delivered a message that saved over 100 lives in World War I.

The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.

The most decorated dog of World War I is preserved in the Smithsonian.

A wondrous old library overlooking the nation's capital.

The remains of Martha, the last known passenger pigeon, serve as a tool to educate about conservation.

‘Bush the old fire dog died of poison July 5th, 1869. RIP.’

A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.