A breathtaking 19th-century trail overlooks Lake Tahoe.

Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.

The wild west is still alive and well at this authentic mining town watering hole.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

This library is designed to commemorate the work of the Human Genome Project.

Public opinion is still divided on this enormous sculpture in front of Baltimore's Penn Station.

A winding district gerrymandered into the shape of a mantis.

These vibrant row houses are a unique example of Baltimore kitsch.

Baltimore's first skyscraper may be home to the inspiration behind pulp fiction's most celebrated bird.

FDR's Art Deco hospital tower was hopelessly inefficient.

She stares out across six lanes of traffic, clutching a musket and infant with determination.

The bridge's highly-contested plaque (once again) honors Confederate President Jefferson Davis.

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

Proto-CIA agents trained with grenades in the sand traps and fired machine guns from the fairways.

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

The tallest The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple in the world soars above the Beltway.

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

Giant acorn-shaped 19th century gazebo from which suburban Washingtonians gazed upon the original "silver" spring.

Baltimore's classic clock tower was once topped by a rotating, 20-ton medicine bottle.

Once America's tallest structure, now a Baltimore landmark.

This scenic Maryland park was the site of one of the worst prison camps of the Civil War.

The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.

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