Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.

Enjoy egg rolls and live music in a converted bank vault.

This beach-side arcade is believed to be the oldest penny arcade in America.

Rumors of the occult haunt this upscale 1920s hotel.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

One of the oldest baseball fields in continuous use has been hosting games since 1878.

America's "second most important bell" is a contentious spoil of the Civil War.

The oldest platform carousel built in the United States continues to delight children in Martha’s Vineyard.

This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

It's not a typo, now say it five times fast!

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

A collection of full-size movie monsters opened to the public.

This evocatively named natural crevasse was created by a torrent of water that smashed right through a granite deposit.

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

Unlike other abandoned asylums this empty institution welcomes visitors, just don't go in the buildings.

The early data processor factory founded in Washington for the 1890 U.S. Census went on to become IBM.

When it comes to handsignals (and colonialism) rock always beats scissors.

100 years later, they're still down there.

Senators used to relax in the nearly forgotten marble tubs now hidden in the U.S. Capitol Building's basement.

A small triangle of DC grass is the final resting place of one of Sonny and Cher's songs.

The Byzantine, pre-Columbian, and medieval art at this stately mansion are some of the most under-appreciated collections in D.C.

A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.

Enormous piles of historically significant stones, dumped by Congress in a forest, and abandoned for 60 years.