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The local community brought back this land to transform it into a nature preserve.

This grave marks the passing of a historic Jane Doe whose identity remains a mystery to this day.

This pharmacist and his patient greet visitors to the National Community Pharmacists Association.

Brain collection and database that narrows the gap between man and animal.

A Civil War fort in the middle of Washington, D.C. has been swallowed by a forest.

The Pentagon is so large that it was planned like a city, complete with internal highway infrastructure.

This groundbreaking 16th-century map is known as "America's birth certificate."

The monument's pointy aluminum tip has been melted down by repeated lightning strikes.

Before founding the American Red Cross, Clara Barton had a tremendous humanitarian impact by locating thousands of missing soldiers.

Light bulbs, scrap wood, and tinfoil comprise this homemade throne of the gods.

There's a crumbling old mansion inside the Smithsonian National Zoo.

This 38-drawer structure claims the superlative title, but it isn't the world's only giant filing cabinet.

The stone supports mark where a historic railroad once crossed one of Towson’s main roads.

An allegorical sculpture in Maryland wears the artist’s politics on its trunk.

Ride a mechanical corn dog at the alleged birthplace of America's favorite deep-fried wiener.

Site of the greatest known waterfall that ever existed.

This super-sized skillet is a replica of a usable giant pan where a woman once skated on bacon.

At just six feet two inches deep, it is said by Guiness and Ripley to be the world’s narrowest freestanding office building.

A floating McDonald's built for Expo '86 is now a derelict relic on Burrard Inlet.

An operating lighthouse from the 1860s.

The classic lawn figurine now claims this wooded area as home.

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.

The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.