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 Midwestern United States' tribute to Michelangelo is a foam statue sprayed with gaudy gold paint.

The oldest operating Mississippi River–style steamboat still navigates the Ohio River.

Since 1956, this quintessentially New England seafood shack has been boiling its lobsters in seawater over wood fires.

These light, hollow rolls have been linked to Acadia National Park since the 1890s.

East meets West in this Japanese-style garden featuring plants native to Maine’s Mount Desert Island.

This 1,700-pound edible sculpture is way better than your average chocolate mousse.

The most photographed house in Maine looks good enough to eat.

The massive, incredibly rare instrument is over 11 feet tall with a range so deep it goes lower than humans can hear.

The narrowest house in America is seven feet of pure spite.

A former major munitions plant that has been converted into a sprawling art space.

This colonial tavern played host to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other famous early Americans.

Long-abandoned trolley tunnels just a mile away from the White House are turning into an art space.

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

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

This large stone residence served as a field hospital during the Battle of Gettysburg between stints as a tavern.

A diorama of the Civil War, fought by cats.

Hidden on two floors of downtown building, the library has an incredible deal on rent.

The system of air guns are fired off remotely to scare any trespassing avians.

What appears to be a wizard's lair in Milwaukee actually houses a massive water pipe.

A 400-foot-tall tall map of Chicago makes this once-ignored building stand out.

In 2004, a Dave Matthews Band tour bus dumped 800 pounds of waste off a bridge and onto an unsuspecting tour boat below.

Hoodoos, naturally eroded land formations, stand 20 feet tall in the Canadian Badlands.