The solitary grave of a schooner captain killed by lightning while serving biscuits.

The first national memorial to honor all women suffragists stands on land where suffragists were once imprisoned.

Long buried under the 20th-century landscape, this lift lock of the Alexandria Canal is the lone remnant of an ambitious early American transportation project.

The only museum outside of Australia dedicated to exhibiting the artwork of Indigenous Australian artists.

This estate on the banks of the James River was home to a Founding Father, two presidents, a famous bugle melody, and what some say was the actual first Thanksgiving.

Anna Anderson spent most of her life claiming to be the lost Romanov child Anastasia.

America's second-oldest brick baseball stadium was home to a legendary WWII series that only sailors got to see.

The controversial urban planner who designed Washington, D.C., was buried in Maryland, and can presently be found in Virginia.

Memorial stone for GWAR vocalist, depicted in his iconic costume.

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

Standing for over 200 years, the abandoned home of a Revolutionary War hero and later a succession of prison superintendents.

For nearly a year, General Ulysses S. Grant was based here during the American Civil War.

The oldest arched-covered bridge in Virginia has truly withstood the test of time.

The eerie ruins of a remote abandoned hamlet said to be founded by the survivors of a shipwreck.

A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.

This shale formation along the Appalachian Trail once inspired the third president of the United States.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

An iconic Soviet statue of working-class people.

This massive monument honors the first human in space.

Stalinist skyscraper built with help of cryotechnology.

Museum design and public transportation meet in this unique Russian train car.

Former headquarters of the KGB.

Moscow's other, lesser known kremlin is a fairytale-like cultural complex modeled after Old Russia.

This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.