Baltimore, Maryland
Fort Armistead
An eerie, abandoned military base engulfed by nature and graffiti is now home to a local park.
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Baltimore, Maryland
An eerie, abandoned military base engulfed by nature and graffiti is now home to a local park.
Baltimore, Maryland
Ship skeletons haunt Baltimore's waterways.
Havre de Grace, Maryland
The Decoy Capital of the World.
Darlington, Maryland
Although built to generate electricity for Marylanders, this dam has become an all-you-can-eat buffet for American bald eagles.
Monkton, Maryland
This English-inspired Maryland garden is home to acres of opulent plant life including bushes shaped into an entire fox hunt.
San Jose, California
This crumbling warehouse was once the third-largest cannery in the U.S. and the first in the world to can green asparagus.
San Jose, California
The oldest house in the capital of Silicon Valley.
Los Gatos, California
A pair of pure white felines guard the entrance to a spot of California real estate established as an artist's haven.
Moss Landing, California
More than 700 species live within this murky marvel of a swamp on California's coast.
Los Angeles, California
Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.
Los Angeles, California
This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.
West Mifflin, Pennsylvania
The last funhouse of its kind, where guests enter through the mouth of an 80-year-old blue whale.
Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Originally a cemetery, this city park remains speckled with a handful of scattered gravestones.
Irwin, Pennsylvania
This shrine to McDonalds' most iconic sandwich holds a 14-foot tall burger.
Export, Pennsylvania
This restored log building was one of the first toll booths for travelers along the Northern Turnpike.
Farmington, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania's largest cave in Laurel Highlands becomes its first underground state park.
Eglon, West Virginia
This claimant to the title of "smallest church in the 48 states" doubles as an equally tiny, quasi-post office.
Eglon, West Virginia
The highest point in Maryland is only accessible by hiking through another state.
Frostburg, Maryland
A steel skeleton is all that exists of what is supposed to be a replica of Noah's Ark
Cumberland, Maryland
Maryland's first (and last standing) toll house on America's first federal road established the state as the "Gateway to the West."
Oldtown, Maryland
Despite violent work crews and massive delays this abandoned canal tunnel was built to last into the modern day.
Shepherdstown, West Virginia
A monument marks the location of the first successful steamboat demonstration.
Los Angeles, California
America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.
Los Angeles, California
These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.