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These figures float and flutter in this fountain crafted by famed Swedish sculptor Carl Milles.

The only Civil War battle in Washington D.C. took place near this highest natural point in the city.

A decaying garage hidden amid the dense forest is all that remains of a once-prosperous dairy farm.

An out-of-place Air Force radar dome is all that denotes this park as a former missile launch site.

The largest cemetery for enslaved people in Loudoun County was almost lost to history, if not for the research of a minister.

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.

This roadside stand packs 300-plus varieties of tomatoes, from "Maiden's Fire" to "Kaleidoscopic Jewel."

The first KFC is on the National Register of Historic Places.

The first "Hut" was actually a small brick building.

A state park that once served as an important river crossing, and now offers protected lands for endangered plants and animals.

The elevator hidden in a smokestack on Roosevelt's yacht now serves as a monument to the former president.

An unusual sculpture, an interesting history, in a strange place, for a good cause.

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

This historic lighthouse was well known for the large number of women who served as its keeper.

America's first nuclear-powered merchant ship is now a time warp to the atomic age.

This abandoned Victorian-style house was built in 1884.

Live data is transmitted from the Atlantic coast to instantly recreate the ocean waves in this fountain at the NOAA headquarters.

Forgotten under the construction of a new urban roadway is a small, abandoned part of town.

The intriguing personal collection of a professional demon-chaser.

An archival collection of over 2,200 case studies which includes human brain specimens and tumor specimens.

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

These light, hollow rolls have been linked to Acadia National Park since the 1890s.

Eat first, shop later at this eatery within an Asian grocer.

Nothing says indulgence like a 1,500-pound chocolate castle.