Gaithersburg, Maryland
DeSellum Family Cemetery
This small cemetery remains hidden behind a recreation center.
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Gaithersburg, Maryland
This small cemetery remains hidden behind a recreation center.
Bethesda, Maryland
Residing quietly in suburban Maryland, this tree has a star-powered history and was grown from a seed that journeyed to space on Apollo 14.
Urbana, Maryland
Not all airplanes are found in hangars or on runways, but this wayward fuselage seems out of place in its odd rural resting place.
Hagerstown, Maryland
Once damaged by Hurricane Agnes, this bridge is now on the National Register of Historic Places.
Schellsburg, Pennsylvania
Witness these plains giants that nearly became extinct in the late 1800s.
Schellsburg, Pennsylvania
See this covered bridge's unique structure and enjoy a nearby lake-side loop trail.
Somerset, Pennsylvania
In the parking lot of a fast food restaurant, a statue memorializing a prolific bull elephant.
Somerset, Pennsylvania
This giant, rotating globe was built to celebrate the expansion of a company that makes steam cleaners and pressure washers.
Somerset, Pennsylvania
The site where nine miners were trapped underground for over 77 hours in 2002.
Chadron, Nebraska
A fur trade museum in western Nebraska stands on the reconstructed footprint of a 19th-century trading post.
Gering, Nebraska
From this scenic rockface, you can still see the paths Western pioneers followed.
Niagara Falls, New York
Historical marker that is a mini replica of the original in New York.
Munising, Michigan
This was the first ever National Lakeshore, established in 1966.
Cape Town, South Africa
A set of multi-story murals honor Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu.
Monterey, California
Behold the uncanny sight of the Golden Arches—rendered in black.
Houston, Texas
A piece of I-45 graffiti has become one of Houston’s unofficial slogans.
Cape Town, South Africa
It celebrates the four men from South Africa who have won the Nobel Peace Prize.
Arlington, Virginia
A memorial dedicated to the famed North Pole explorer appropriately sits at the far edge of Arlington National Cemetery.
Bronx, New York
This plot of old-growth forest is the largest surviving remnant of New York City's original woodland.
New York, New York
The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.
New York, New York
A whimsical, but often overlooked clock in Park Avenue.
New York, New York
Rat sculptures try to infiltrate the Graybar Building in an architectural tribute to New York City's nautical history.
Xian Shi, China
A life-sized imperial army, buried in battle formation, has stood underground for over 2,000 years—built not for war, but for eternity.
Cape Town, South Africa
The engine block of a British Royal Mail Ship marks the spot of her demise, caused by the Great Gale of 1856.