Once home to seven different roller coasters, Glen Echo has undergone many transformations since its founding in 1891.

A museum dedicated to a Cold War era sausage.

A fake medieval village in the middle of Turin.

This centuries-old Italian chapel hangs midway down a sheer cliffside.

The original goat tower, the one that started it all.

This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.

The 72-foot giant escaped confinement in a large patch of mulch only to be reburied in the sandy shores of the Potomac River.

Collecting 700 years of mechanical death-dealing, the NRA's sprawling gun museum is a revealing testament to the American obsession with armament.

These trees are living witnesses to events that inspired poet Walt Whitman’s service during the American Civil War.

This war hero's old shop remembers the fine line between medicine and quackery during the Revolutionary War.

Constructed by the younger brother of George Washington.

This plaque celebrates the sister city relationship between Fredricksburg and Fréjus.

The Kirkland Monument remembers a selfless Civil War hero who braved the battlefield to give water to his dying enemies.

The South African dialect's complex history is immortalized in stone, in one of the world's only monuments dedicated to a language.

A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.

For nearly a year, General Ulysses S. Grant was based here during the American Civil War.

The airport was once a Civil War battleground, and the earthwork defenses can still be seen today.

A former Confederate hospital serves as a remembrance of wounded and dead soldiers.

The iconic statue was moved to a new spot overlooking the James river after several years as a mascot for the local baseball team.

Under a playground is a little-known sealed train tunnel that likely contains the bodies of workers trapped by cave-ins.

A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.

This historic, one-acre island is the only legal place to camp in the city of Richmond.

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

Inspired by a foil-wrapped potato, (seriously) the Markel Building has been deemed one of the 10 ugliest buildings in the world.