This local mascot has been a presence in the area since the 1960s.

This monument traces the segregation line that inspired the first rural branch of the NAACP.

This "castle" is actually a limestone and quartz formation hidden along a trail.

The span is crooked and made from two older recycled bridges.

This forgotten boat elevator was an engineering marvel in its heyday.

This unique museum cafeteria showcases the history and regional diversity of African American cuisine.

A much-maligned monument to teetotalism.

Go take a picture with the inventor of the daguerreotype photographic process.

This unassuming passageway played a key role in one of the most important events in U.S. history.

The innocent intentions of this monument are somewhat lost in the sculpture's muscled imagery.

Four bald cypress trees in Lafayette Square, across from the White House, mark the southern edge of a 100,000 year old cypress swamp.

A whopping 14,000 copper coins cover this miniature fighter jet.

Remnants of a wall built to separate Black residents of Hall's Hill from a newly built subdivision are a grim reminder of segregation in 20th-century Virginia.

Unannounced visitors are now welcome at the site of the largest Prohibition-era bootlegging operation in the region.

In the middle of the Alaskan wilderness, lies a train trestle to nowhere.

Please don’t anchor your boat onto the Department of Defense’s underwater data cables.

This statue of the "father of television" stands prominently in the United States Capitol.

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

This natural sea cave hides a small wonderland of natural turquoise beauty.

Little island known for its massive beachfront "flowerpot" pillars.

The first outlet of Canada's biggest fast-food franchise has been slinging doughnuts since 1964.

The third version of this tall sailing ship sits, rusted and burnt, in Lake Ontario.

Niagara Falls holds a special place in Nikola Tesla's history, so they put a statue on it.

A beautiful footbridge with over 2,000 glass sculptures along the walls and ceiling.