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This dig site outside D.C. is known for its exceptionally high density of baby dinosaur fossils and dinosaur eggs.

An FDR-era tuberculosis sanatorium has stood abandoned in the suburbs of the U.S. capital for over 30 years.

This English-inspired Maryland garden is home to acres of opulent plant life including bushes shaped into an entire fox hunt.

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

The rooster who crossed the road lives on forever in Takoma Park, Maryland.

This 1830s store is believed to be the site of Harriet Tubman's first stand.

This fort down the Potomac from Washington, D.C. was once the only defensive fort protecting the capital.

A public fountain that spouts "health water" from a nearby spring.

Shakespeare has been brought to life in this open air theater for the better part of a century.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

A midcentury ranch house hides a literal treasure trove of unique rocks and minerals.

There's something big lurking beneath the surface of this tiny Oregon park.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels, scores of people have died on its slopes.

The short-lived railroad town in central Oregon has been abandoned since the 1930s.

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

The trunks of 3,000 year-old trees lurk beneath the surface of this crystal clear lake in Oregon.

This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

The largest wooden building in the world now houses a fascinating collection of aircraft.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

This natural marble cave is one of only five national monuments in Oregon.