The oldest active church in Pennsylvania is also the second oldest Swedish Church in the United States.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

The most decorated dog of World War I is preserved in the Smithsonian.

Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.

A completely round house designed for the Atomic Age.

This statue honors the author's groundbreaking family story.

This former asylum for Black Americans is haunted by its history of violence and racism.

The Dover International Speedway is home to a towering, concrete-skinned, racecar-hungry behemoth.

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

An abandoned church gets a second life as a massive beer hall and event space.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.

At this former Prohibition speakeasy, electric birds signaled the arrival of hooch.

The design of this historic domed church was influenced by Thomas Jefferson and intended as a statement of religious freedom.

It's not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music's library has been described as a "cathedral of books."

The first blast furnace in the United States that used coal and coke fuel instead of charcoal to make pig iron.

This building at the south end of the boardwalk was once home to the U.S. Life-Saving Service and the U.S. Coast Guard before being rescued itself.

One of the oldest active carousels in the country—but it might be missed by all but the keenest-eyed boardwalk strollers.

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

Formerly the most gerrymandered district in the U.S., it twisted and turned along racial borders.

The cruel trial of a 13-year-old boy inspired the creation of this now abandoned reformatory.

The first statue of Christ sleeping on a bench in the United States confused its affluent parish.

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.

A Nessie-like monster supposedly lurks in this lake.