After hundreds of years of settlement, this once-bustling fishing village sunk into the Chesapeake Bay.

West Virginia’s first state park commemorates one of the state’s last significant Civil War battles.

Built in the 1850s, this church was of the first five churches constructed in Harper's Ferry.

Thousands of tiny squares in different colors make up this piece of street art.

The isolated final resting place for perished coal miners.

The brainchild of Eleanor Roosevelt, her "Little Village" was a collectivist dream.

The highest point in Maryland is only accessible by hiking through another state.

This general store is more than a century old and home to various oddities and antiques.

This California artist's front yard acts as a gallery for his unique, scrap metal animal sculptures.

Parking garage where Bob Woodward met Watergate source "Deep Throat."

An original apothecary from 1792.

A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.

Packed with gear and memorabilia, this museum chronicles the history of skiing and how its rise shaped New England.

At this coffee shop, each drink celebrates African-American history and luminaries.

In 1911 this intersection was called "the heaviest corner in the South," an outlandish claim that only grew wilder over the years.

This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.

A lightship turned museum, outfitted with artifacts from the vessel's past as part of the U.S. Lighthouse Service.

Get up close and personal at this Fresnel Lens.

An eponymous directional signpost erected by the first president of the United States.

One of the oldest train stations still standing in Virginia played a vital role during the Civil War.

Conveniently located within binocular range of a nuclear bunker, the "summer camp" area was a painfully obvious spy house.

Affectionately known as "Lord Bot," this historic statue has a cult social media following and rightly claims to be “the most metal inhabitant of the Wren Yard.”

Once forgotten and built over, this historic Black cemetery now houses a poignant memorial.

For nearly a year, General Ulysses S. Grant was based here during the American Civil War.