An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

The symbol was surreptitiously built into the river bank by German prisoners of war.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

"They died with their boots on."

The ruins of a once-thriving sugarcane plantation that was burned in the Second Seminole War.

A statue of the English poet for whom this Delaware town is named is ritually dressed in seasonally appropriate clothing.

What began as an art installation is now the private drinkhaüs for a brewery's employees.

The stone marker that Mason and Dixon placed at the eastern end of the famous north-south border they surveyed.

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.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

This Maryland farm is known for its amazing corn mazes and its 30-foot junkbots.

A pre-Industrial Age iron furnace and the site of a nearly-forgotten piece of Black history.

This four-story steel sphere in Maryland was used to test biological weapons.

A labor of love built by local hang-gliding enthusiasts, this ideal launch spot was outlawed by the authorities and has since been largely abandoned.

One of the only memorials dedicated to journalists who died in combat.

Built by the patriotic residents of Boonsboro in a single day.