Kensington, Maryland
Washington, D.C. Temple
The tallest The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple in the world soars above the Beltway.
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Boston, Massachusetts
Caffe Vittoria
The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.
Fort Meade, Maryland
National Cryptologic Museum
A priceless collection of the Nation's cryptologic history.
Baltimore, Maryland
Phoenix Shot Tower
Once America's tallest structure, now a Baltimore landmark.
Baltimore, Maryland
The American Visionary Art Museum
A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.
Baltimore, Maryland
Ouija 7-Eleven
This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.
Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore Basilica
The design of this historic domed church was influenced by Thomas Jefferson and intended as a statement of religious freedom.
Athens, Greece
Roman Tomb in Zara
The ruins of an ancient Roman tomb hidden in the basement of a trendy clothing store.
Baltimore, Maryland
Bazaar
Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.
Hamer, South Carolina
South of the Border
I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Graffiti Alley - Ann Arbor
An ever-evolving wall of graffiti art off East Liberty Street.
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Ann Arbor’s Fairy Doors
The city is full of whimsical portals to another world.
Hell, Michigan
Hell, Michigan
Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.
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Baltimore, Maryland
Fell's Point Maritime Museum
A collection of artifacts from Maryland's maritime past.
Washington, D.C.
Catacombs of Washington, D.C.
Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.
Baltimore, Maryland
Curtis Creek Ship Graveyard
Ship skeletons haunt Baltimore's waterways.
Natural Bridge, Virginia
The Natural Bridge
A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.
Athens, Greece
Little Metropolis Church
This gem is often wrongly overshadowed by the larger, newer Metropolis church in Athens.
Athens, Greece
The Athenian Agora
This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.
Rome, Italy
The Mouth of Truth
The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.
Boston, Massachusetts
Make Way for Ducklings Statue
Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.
Baltimore, Maryland
Mr. Trash Wheel
This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.
Baltimore, Maryland
Site of Edgar Allan Poe's Death
The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.
Baltimore, Maryland
Fort Armistead
An eerie, abandoned military base engulfed by nature and graffiti is now home to a local park.
