This lifelike sculpture of a policeman serves as a helpful reminder to watch out for crossing pedestrians.

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.

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.

In what is rumored to be an intentional act of spite, this memorial almost completely obscures the nearby grave of a senior officer.

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

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.

A bare tree in Riga’s Esplanāde is transformed into an extraordinary vertical neighbourhood by scores of colourful bird nesting boxes clustered across its trunk and branches.

An almost life-sized elephant named Ms. Ellie greets visitors at this jumbo-themed museum.

An intricately designed junk art house with four extravagant junk art cars hidden in the suburbs.

A relic of FDR's brief foray into utopian urban planning.

The semi-reclaimed ruins of this canal were once part of an ambitious plan to reroute the mighty potomac.

The iconic D.C. restaurant where the Cuban Missile Crisis was negotiated, now a Walgreens.

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

A monumental statue of RCA's mascot now sits atop a historical society roof after a life of moving around.

A Brutalist architectural gem hidden among Skopje’s neoclassical buildings.

This one-room cabin where the young colonel slept during the French and Indian War.

The brainchild of Eleanor Roosevelt, her "Little Village" was a collectivist dream.

The actor best known for slapstick comedy is memorialized in his home town.

At the center of this cemetery stands a 2,000-year-old burial mound of the Adena culture.

The mounds at this site were reconstructed with the help of archaeologists and historians.

A slab of sandstone covered with mysterious 1,000-year-old rock carvings from a vanished North American culture.

Circleville is seriously smitten with this giant gourd.

Just outside the Ohio Supreme Court sits a testament to justice.