A wrecked ship dating back to the American Revolution was only recently discovered off the Delaware coast.

World War II-era bunkers are hidden under the beaches of this picturesque park, which is still scattered with wartime watchtowers.

The historic home still shows the scars from a little run-in with the British in 1813.

A grotesque Fiji merman dwells within this traditional Dutch-style building.

The rogue roots are gradually consuming some of the historic marble grave markers.

A gift from Scotland to the United States in memory of the 270 lives lost when Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over Lockerbie due to a terrorist bombing.

The controversial urban planner who designed Washington, D.C., was buried in Maryland, and can presently be found in Virginia.

Recorded as the first person buried in Arlington Cemetery.

Though his role as the inventor of baseball may be up for debate, fans still festoon Doubleday's grave with baseballs.

Soldiers were buried next to Lee's house in the center of Arlington Cemetery to dissuade the general from reclaiming his property after the war.

Where the legendary Orson Welles got his theatrical start before "Citizen Kane."

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

The design of this historic domed church was influenced by Thomas Jefferson and intended as a statement of religious freedom.

This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.

Once a thriving business district, this former shopping area is now an urban ghost town in the heart of the city.

Once America's tallest structure, now a Baltimore landmark.

One artist’s scheme to expand museum viewing hours into the evening led to the illumination of an entire city.

Baltimore's first skyscraper may be home to the inspiration behind pulp fiction's most celebrated bird.

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

The childhood home of the Sultan of Swat is just a line drive away from Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

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

George Washington's dentures and Queen Victoria's dental instruments are in the nation’s official museum of the dental profession.