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Dashes mark the Potomac low tide waterline, dots mark Roache's Run

Arlington, Virginia

Alexander's Island Border Dispute

The Pentagon sits on a former island that was in Virginia at low tide and D.C. at high tide.

Western Hemisphere on the Earthoid

Germantown, Maryland

Earthoid Water Tank

The whole world in one water tank.

"Triage"

Frederick, Maryland

National Museum of Civil War Medicine

A Civil War Museum with some notable medical antiques.

Aerial view of the Soviet summer camp.

Bluemont, Virginia

Soviet Embassy's 'Summer Camp' House

Conveniently located within binocular range of a nuclear bunker, the "summer camp" area was a painfully obvious spy house.

The Organ

Luray, Virginia

The Great Stalacpipe Organ

An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.

Aircraft on display.

College Park, Maryland

College Park Airport and Aviation Museum

The world's oldest continuously operating airport was founded by the Wright Brothers.

Contemporary appearance of the Rammed Earth Pilot House.

Cabin John, Maryland

USDA Rammed Earth House

This suburban house is made of dirt, and almost sparked a revolution in home construction.

Mushroom House

Bethesda, Maryland

Mushroom House of Bethesda

Surrounded by traditional homes, this Tolkien-esque dwelling stands out on a quiet street in suburban Maryland.

The Lonely Parking Meter

Winters, California

The Lonely Parking Meter

The only parking meter in the entire town, it is surrounded by 100 free spaces.

Prince Station

Prince, West Virginia

Prince Station

In the mountains of West Virginia is this perfectly preserved Art Deco train station.

The many, many necktie pieces on display.

Oxford, England

The Bear Inn

This centuries-old pub boasts a collection of more than 4,500 snippets of neckties from around the world.

The pub's exterior is covered in hundreds of flowers.

London, England

The Churchill Arms

This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.

The Nutshell

Bury Saint Edmunds, England

The Nutshell Pub

The smallest pub in Britain was once a cabinet of curiosities and it still has the dead cat to prove it.

Old Shoreditch Station
Permanently Closed

London, England

Old Shoreditch Station

Once a train station along the Great Eastern Railway this vibrant coffee shop and bar is where members of London’s creative class mingle.

The Star Tavern

London, England

The Star Tavern

The bar where "The Great Train Robbery" was planned was once a nexus of high society and low morals.

Stone's Public House

Ashland, Massachusetts

Stone's Public House

A historic pub with traditional Irish cuisine, fine drinks, and a paranormal past.

The Champion is a rare pub adorned with stained glass windows.

London, England

The Champion

This 19th-century pub features stained-glass windows celebrating Victorian-era “champions.”

This sign is about all there is to the visitor's center

Kunene Region, Namibia

Twyfelfontein

Ancient artists in the middle of nowhere.

Rockefeller State Park Preserve's Glacial Erratic.

Pleasantville, New York

Glacial Erratic

This giant rock arrived at this quiet park thousands of years ago on the back of a massive glacier.

Doane Rock, 2014. Child for scale.

Eastham, Massachusetts

Doane Rock

The largest glacial erratic boulder on Cape Cod.

Rollstone Boulder

Fitchburg, Massachusetts

Rollstone Boulder

In order to save this beloved rock, locals blew it up and put it back together piece by piece.

Precariously perched.

Lancaster, England

Norber Erratics

A group of glacial erratic boulders are improbably balanced on white limestone pedestals.

The Wren's Eggs

Whitehead, Northern Ireland

The Wren's Eggs

These huge glacial erratics are humorously named after a much much smaller bird.

A bottle of Washington's whiskey.

Alexandria, Virginia

George Washington’s Whiskey

Taste the white whiskey that the United States' first president once distilled and enjoyed.

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