Politicians, bureaucrats, and military officers gathered in this field near the Capitol to settle their disputes with blood.

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.

A monumental statue of RCA's mascot now sits atop a historical society roof after a life of moving around.

This English-inspired Maryland garden is home to acres of opulent plant life including bushes shaped into an entire fox hunt.

An intricately designed junk art house with four extravagant junk art cars hidden in the suburbs.

This Maryland farm is known for its amazing corn mazes and its 30-foot junkbots.

A blank headstone topped with a pile of pennies marks the final resting place of the infamous assassin.

Walk through the history of American pop culture.

The shelves in the back of this thrift store are devoted to saving, not selling, retro tech.

Walk a trail through a historic Quaker town that outlawed slavery in 1777 and was a major waypoint on the Underground Railroad.

Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

A local farm's collection of unusual structures from a now defunct storybook amusement park.

An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

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

The "first cat," "first dog," and even a presidential pygmy hippo all get their due in this museum.

Located at the former Lorton Prison the Lucy Burns Museum tells the story of the 91 year history of the prison including the dark chapter of its involvement in the women's suffrage movement.

The graveyard holding the remains of George Washington's slaves was forgotten for nearly 200 years.

Soldiers were buried next to Lee's house in the center of Arlington Cemetery to dissuade the general from reclaiming his property after the war.

The rogue roots are gradually consuming some of the historic marble grave markers.

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

Once on display alongside a giant Gumby, it’s as tall as a nine-story building when fully extended.