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

A haunting tribute to pioneering photographer Clover Adams.

A memorial to a shareholder activist feared by CEOs around the United States.

Politicians, bureaucrats, and military officers gathered in this field near the Capitol to settle their disputes with blood.

Dance on a hand-hewn log floor padded with bouncy boxcar springs at a saloon built in 1883.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

An unusual, super-sized grocery adventure awaits in an Ohio suburb.

This popular park is home to a sea serpent sculpture that now overshadows the twisted history of its creation.

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

This lonely waterfront memorial to the men of the Titanic was erected by the "Women of America."

Washington's top-secret Cold War-era doomsday communications tower is located in a small neighborhood park.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

The magic's in the hole!

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

The world's longest known cave system.

The sign that drew attention to a young boy's cucumber stand is now the name of his fruit superstore.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

The most accurate timepiece in the world.

The privately owned cemetery that holds room for Washington's finest when they step down from life.

A celebrity from the late Cretaceous period.

D.C.'s first central library was born out of a chance encounter with the philanthropist whose name it bears.

A small triangle of DC grass is the final resting place of one of Sonny and Cher's songs.

Behind an abandoned storefront is an example of pioneering 1930s gas station architecture.