This stately building in Alexandria, Virginia was built by Freemasons to honor one of their most famous members.

This fort down the Potomac from Washington, D.C. was once the only defensive fort protecting the capital.

The only place for a truly presidential dram.

An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.

The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.

Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.

The tallest The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple in the world soars above the Beltway.

These tourist trap caverns are said to be the former home of a legendary Pennsylvania Hermit.

This might just be the TARDIS of bookstores.

Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.

An outlandish shoe shaped house built by an eccentric millionaire.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

One artist’s scheme to expand museum viewing hours into the evening led to the illumination of an entire city.

Once a thriving business district, this former shopping area is now an urban ghost town in the heart of the city.

The site where Poe "in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance" likely died.

The Home and murder site of the witch of Rehmeyers Hollow.

A small museum along the Susquehanna River is home to a rich collection of Native American artifacts.

Although built to generate electricity for Marylanders, this dam has become an all-you-can-eat buffet for American bald eagles.

This tiny New Jersey village has lived many lives but seems determined to remain a ghost town.

Eccentric concrete mansion and museum designed and built by hand from the inside out.

An allegedly cursed tree represents a town's reckoning with a racist past.

A glittering Thai Buddhist temple in suburban Pennsylvania.

This Delaware River bridge is emblazoned with a catty slogan from a more prosperous time.