Vienna, Virginia
Dolhareubang of Meadowlark Gardens
Volcanic stone sentinels stand watch at a Korean Bell Garden in Virginia.
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Vienna, Virginia
Volcanic stone sentinels stand watch at a Korean Bell Garden in Virginia.
Centreville, Virginia
Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.
Great Falls, Virginia
The only surviving 19th-century water-powered mill found in the Washington, D.C. area.
Great Falls, Virginia
This former Cold War missile control site played an important role in the creation of GPS.
Sterling, Virginia
This pun was simply waiting to come to life, and one defense contractor made it so.
Chantilly, Virginia
At Washington's Dulles Airport is a satellite museum (no pun intended) with three quarters of a million square feet of aircraft history.
Herndon, Virginia
Where pardoned turkeys once spent their all-too-brief final days.
Herndon, Virginia
A decaying garage hidden amid the dense forest is all that remains of a once-prosperous dairy farm.
Portland, Oregon
Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.
Washington, Pennsylvania
Francis Julius LeMoyne built this crematory in 1876; he was the third person to be cremated here.
Fort Kent, Maine
A monument marks the beginning of the longest north-south road in the United States.
Bucksport, Maine
Stone monument honoring a town founder has a witch-boot shaped stain and a curse to go with it.
Loretto, Pennsylvania
The mortal remains of a Russian prince, priest and paranormal investigator who came to America in 1792.
Sparta, Tennessee
These early tent-shaped grave coverings are unique to Appalachia.
Todmorden, England
A rare example of a gritstone cross in this region of the United Kingdom.
Bruges, Belgium
The oldest cemetery in Belgium.
Bronx, New York
Designed by famed 20th-century architect Cass Gilbert, the future of this abandoned 1908 rail station is currently in limbo.
London, England
Once designed as the entrance to Buckingham Palace, this structure was later relocated and stands as a victory arch.
Combs, Arkansas
There are no bodies inside these stone coffins. And there never were.
Charlotte, North Carolina
A permanent outdoor art installation made up of more than 100 mushroom-shaped lights.
Danese, West Virginia
This functioning mill was built in the 1970s using parts from several other West Virginia mills.
Terrell, Texas
A tribute to one of the most memorable characters from the Transformers movie series.
Grapevine, Texas
A few times a day, you can see an animatronic cowboy shoot-out.
Little Rock, Arkansas
Yup, that's where the name came from.