Brentwood, Maryland
Fort Lincoln Cemetery
A historic cemetery with unique artwork, a Civil War fort, and also happens to be the site of the Battle of Bladensburg.
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Brentwood, Maryland
A historic cemetery with unique artwork, a Civil War fort, and also happens to be the site of the Battle of Bladensburg.
Annapolis, Maryland
A Maryland museum dedicated to Black history, housed in a historic church.
Fort Washington, Maryland
A mammoth pair of Civil War artillery guns abandoned out in the forest.
Waldorf, Maryland
Home of the physician who set the leg of John Wilkes Booth after the Lincoln assassination.
Cambridge, Maryland
This 1830s store is believed to be the site of Harriet Tubman's first stand.
Baltimore, Maryland
This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.
Nanjemoy, Maryland
The remnants of a wooden-hulled fleet built and abandoned in WWI, now home to a thriving ecosystem.
Potomac, Maryland
The ruins of this long-abandoned unsuccessful gold mine can still be found.
Meeteetse, Wyoming
This museum details the history of a local miracle: The return of the critically endangered black-footed ferret, which was once believed to be extinct.
Blasdell, New York
More than 350 million years ago, western New York was covered in a vast sea. Today, you can dig up the remains of the plants and animals that lived there.
Hólmavík, Iceland
Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.
Radford, Virginia
Paranormal investigators claim this abandoned asylum is the most haunted spot in the eastern U.S.
Wexford, Pennsylvania
A stone arch leads to a cavernous 1930s spring house tucked away in the Pennsylvania woods.
Germantown, Maryland
The hidden ruins of a mill that is linked to an attempt to assassinate the vice president of the United States.
Menomonie, Wisconsin
As the glaciers retreated out of northern Wisconsin, this unique natural wonder was crafted.
Knoxville, Tennessee
Better known as the "Body Farm," this unique research facility has been studying how human bodies break down since the 1980s.
Bluffton, Indiana
Home to some of Indiana's last bison herds.
Eden, Utah
This massive metal sculpture in the shape of a folded paper airplane overlooks a Utah mountain.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
The beloved, war-tested mascot of a Union regiment graces their battlefield monument.
Antonito, Colorado
An antique narrow gauge railway line still running through the Colorado and New Mexico mountains.
Norristown, Pennsylvania
Delicate Wurlitzers, creepy clowns, and The Noid all share space in this insane explosion of kitsch history.
Salem, Massachusetts
The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.
Corinne, Utah
This now-abandoned part of the original transcontinental railroad route provides a surreal driving and historical experience.
Fredericksburg, Virginia
The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.