Fayetteville, West Virginia
New River Gorge Bridge
One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.
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Sighetu Marmației, Romania
Memorial of the Victims of Communism and of the Resistance
A memorial museum to the political prisoners who were held at Sighet Prison, once one of the most feared places in Romania.
Săpânța, Romania
The Merry Cemetery
A countryside Romanian cemetery filled with colorful crosses bearing lyrical, ironic, or satirical rhymes.
Permanently Closed
Bezidu Nou, Romania
Flooded Village of Bezidu Nou
This Romanian village may have been drowned, but it is long from forgotten.
Washington, D.C.
Summerhouse
A hidden gem on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.
Gloucester Courthouse, Virginia
The Rosewell Plantation Ruins
This once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.
Silver Spring, Maryland
National Park Seminary
A girls' boarding school inspired by the Chicago World's Fair, once abandoned, now restored to strange and scenic glory.
Toddville, Maryland
Holland Island
After hundreds of years of settlement, this once-bustling fishing village sunk into the Chesapeake Bay.
Washington, D.C.
Jean Jules Jusserand Memorial
An obscure federal monument honors the French diplomat who served as Ambassador to the U.S. during WWI.
Washington, D.C.
Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument
Housing the National Women's Party since 1929, this historic house is now a monument to the fight for gender equality.
Washington, D.C.
Letelier-Moffitt Monument
A diminutive memorial marks the site of a successful assassination by a right-wing death squad in America's capital.
Washington, D.C.
Washington Mini Monument
There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mount Moriah Cemetery
An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.
Permanently Closed
Upper Darby, Pennsylvania
Museum of Mourning Art
Arlington Cemetery exhibit dedicated to death and grieving.
Reading, Pennsylvania
The Reading Pagoda
A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.
Barboursville, Virginia
Barboursville Ruins
The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.
Lusby, Maryland
Calvert Cliffs State Park
Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.
Baltimore, Maryland
Elijah Bond's Ouija Board Grave
The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.
Baltimore, Maryland
Edgar Allan Poe’s Grave
The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.
Annapolis, Maryland
John Paul Jones’ Crypt
Rediscovered after a century, the father of the American Navy was reinterred in something dredged up from Davy Jones’ locker.
Washington, D.C.
National Capitol Columns
The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.
Washington, D.C.
Congressional Cemetery
The privately owned cemetery that holds room for Washington's finest when they step down from life.
Alexandria, Virginia
South Boundary Stone of Washington, DC
America's first federal monument.
Washington, D.C.
The Big Chair
A super-sized promotional trick that is now a D.C. landmark.
