The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

An oft-overlooked, magically musical monolith that stands majestically between Arlington Cemetery and the Iwo Jima Memorial.

Right next to departures—how convenient!

The remains of a historic plantation nestled in between a parking lot and the rental car return at Reagan National Airport.

Parking garage where Bob Woodward met Watergate source "Deep Throat."

A poetic monument to the Scottish Parliament.

Small sculpted heads of prominent phrenologists mark the outside of their former headquarters.

In what is rumored to be an intentional act of spite, this memorial almost completely obscures the nearby grave of a senior officer.

A stone monument acknowledging Scotland's right to have a separate Parliament from the one in Westminster.

Dedicated to the Father of the British Fire Service.

This ordinary-looking rock may have played an important role in a 16th-century Scottish battle.

A stone-filled garden in the heart of Edinburgh commemorates the father of modern geology.

This statue stands as a message against the ills of Apartheid.

A rare remnant of an exposition that took place nearby at the end of the 19th-century.

Designed to illustrate two parts of the human psyche.

A sculpture in a secluded garden honors one of Edinburgh's most innovative thinkers and city planners.

This cannonball embedded in the side of an Edinburgh house once served a surprisingly pedestrian purpose.

A free public golf course hides in plain sight in the heart of Scotland’s capital.

A rare and unique example of an 18th-century door latch calls this restaurant home.

A public art piece that barely gets recognized, but then that might be the point.