This historic bridge connects Whidbey Island to Fidalgo Island across whirlpool-filled waters.

This dilapidated ship carcass covered in trees is a striking sight.

This family mausoleum is steeped in symbolism and looks more like a fantasy location than a grave.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

This cemetery served as the only official burial grounds in Cambridge for nearly 200 years.

The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.

The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.

These turtle-shaped concrete stepping stones provide a unique river crossing in central Kyoto.

The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.

The oldest bar in Missouri is hidden within a limestone brewery cellar more than 50 feet underground.

This recently restored timepiece has stood all around Kansas City.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

The world's largest collection of fine-scale miniatures and one the nation's largest collections of antique toys.

A piece of John the Baptist in the American heartland.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

These eclectic homes nestled into the cliffs of a Caribbean island were built entirely from scavenged materials.

A striking memorial to the 21 lives lost in an explosion at the Washington Arsenal

The privately owned cemetery that holds room for Washington's finest when they step down from life.

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.

A tiny monument to the unsuccessful attempt by Thomas Jefferson to place the prime meridian in Washington.

An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.

A gift from Japan, 17th-century lantern stands among the cherry trees at D.C.'s Tidal Basin.

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

At Washington's Dulles Airport is a satellite museum (no pun intended) with three quarters of a million square feet of aircraft history.