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This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.

A rotating cast of guys and dolls in front of a Washington, D.C. building.

Long-abandoned trolley tunnels just a mile away from the White House are turning into an art space.

The 72-foot giant escaped confinement in a large patch of mulch only to be reburied in the sandy shores of the Potomac River.

This simple stone memorial remembers a secret, Geneva Convention-defying interrogation base from WWII.

Home to a vast and influential collection of Shakespeareana.

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

A throwback to 1980's gaming nostalgia.

Constructed by the younger brother of George Washington.

A home that witnessed Civil War combat on the Sunken Road has the battle scars to prove it.

These trees are living witnesses to events that inspired poet Walt Whitman’s service during the American Civil War.

This war hero's old shop remembers the fine line between medicine and quackery during the Revolutionary War.

This small museum houses rare airplanes from aviation's golden age.

A legendary music collector donated his entire collection to the entire city of Memphis.

This 1854 courthouse along the Mississippi River has a storied history.

A 22-foot stainless steel quilting needle pays tribute to a local connection to fiber arts.

Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.

Built by prisoners of war, the largest small-scale model ever built includes eight miles of tiny streams that now sit abandoned.

Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

This vast kitty-themed collection illustrates the history of human-cat interaction.

Interactive modern and vintage submarine equipment, World War II relics, and submarine attire.

On Hilton Head Island this bronze King of the Sea rules all things briny—and lets you know if you’re late for lunch.