A rural colonial settlement that contains the remains of a store and cooper.

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

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

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

Rediscovered after a century, the father of the American Navy was reinterred in something dredged up from Davy Jones' Locker.

This beautiful stone arch bridge wasn't even expected to stand for one day, but people have been crossing it for centuries.

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

Honorable ranks graduating from the prestigious Army War College work hard to maintain their high standards of honor and erase those who don't.

This decommissioned surface-to-surface missile resides outside the American Legion Post in Pennslyvania.

Color-coded signs direct drivers on a network of routes designed to avoid Pittsburgh traffic.

The beloved, war-tested mascot of a Union regiment graces their battlefield monument.

In the parking lot of a fast food restaurant, a statue memorializing a prolific bull elephant.

The Pennsylvania shopping center was once the setting for the 1978 film, "Dawn of the Dead."

Step into a pastel time capsule where candy is truly dandy.

Where the oil industry began.

This strange, big-tailed beast became a Pennsylvania town's unofficial mascot.

A planned settlement in Pennsylvania once housed the aristocratic refugees of the French Revolution.

This collection honors the iconic, and proudly American lighter that just won't quit.

This dramatic rail curve was once the target of a failed Nazi attack.

What looks like a simple quaint estate in rural Pennsylvania was in the 18th century home to a small monastic community.

An almost life-sized elephant named Ms. Ellie greets visitors at this jumbo-themed museum.

The sounds of the world's largest fully functioning pipe organ dazzle shoppers at a Philadelphia Macy's.

Current docking place of the SS United States, the fastest transatlantic ocean liner.

This stone tower marks a lookout point over the historic Washington Crossing, and maybe some buried treasure.