I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

Opened in 1976, this monster-sized version of the fast-food franchise is sometimes called the Epic McD.

An abandoned Victorian house transformed into a museum and store filled with taxidermy and vintage goods.

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

This train station inspired the name of a 1970's rock band and provided the backdrop for their album cover.

The history of the traveling carnival is remembered by this sprawling collection of vintage wagons, games, and rides.

Visitors flock to see this church tower's unintended feature: It happens to resemble a giant chicken from multiple points of view.

The last of nine massive kilns that produced many of the red bricks for buildings in Washington, D.C. and northern Virginia in the early 20th century.

The first national memorial to honor all women suffragists stands on land where suffragists were once imprisoned.

Once home to seven different roller coasters, Glen Echo has undergone many transformations since its founding in 1891.

If you ever wanted to own an actual piece of Disney World, this is the place to shop.

Manatees congregate around a power plant's discharge canal where the water is especially warm.

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.

A winding district gerrymandered into the shape of a mantis.

The 72-foot giant escaped confinement in a large patch of mulch only to be reburied in the sandy shores of the Potomac River.

The 28,000-year-old specimen is remarkably intact.

Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.

This isn't your average roadway—it's actually a National Park and a transportation pioneer.

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

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.