Upper Marlboro, Maryland
The Tomb of Dr. William Beanes
The final resting place of a physician rescued during the bombardment of Fort McHenry.
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Upper Marlboro, Maryland
The final resting place of a physician rescued during the bombardment of Fort McHenry.
Washington, D.C.
This unique museum cafeteria showcases the history and regional diversity of African American cuisine.
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.
Portsmouth, England
This striking observation tower shaped like a spinnaker sail is the newest icon in historic Portsmouth.
Antwerp, Belgium
This small corner bar is home to a rare 1930s dance organ that still plays tunes for one Euro.
Antwerp, Belgium
This interactive sculpture allows visitors to leave a message in case a friend passes by.
Antwerp, Belgium
The legendary giant's severed hand sits on Antwerp's popular shopping street.
Ghent, Belgium
This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.
Washington, D.C.
The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.
Mackinac County, Michigan
The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.
Key West, Florida
The museum chronicling a treasure hunter's dream, fulfilled.
St. Augustine, Florida
The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.
Lake Wales, Florida
A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.
Durham, North Carolina
This too-low North Carolina railroad trestle is still a notorious big rig executioner.
Washington, D.C.
An easily overlooked memorial to a Ukrainian famine-genocide that killed over 4 million people.
Washington, D.C.
A traveling postal dog covered 48 states and more than 140,000 miles, and he lives on as taxidermy, patched up with a rabbit's foot and a pig's ear.
Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore's classic clock tower was once topped by a rotating, 20-ton medicine bottle.
Baltimore, Maryland
Public opinion is still divided on this enormous sculpture in front of Baltimore's Penn Station.
Baltimore, Maryland
This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.
Washington, D.C.
Art deco landmark on the outskirts of Washington, D.C.
Baltimore, Maryland
It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”
Washington, D.C.
A lovely aquatic park built by a one-armed Civil War veteran who made a fortune from lotuses.
Washington, D.C.
Railroad officials in the early 1900s sought to spare travelers the sight of Roman soldiers’ private parts.
Washington, D.C.
A 1,100-ton train fell through the floor in 1953. Workers got it patched up in just 72 hours.