The shelves in the back of this thrift store are devoted to saving, not selling, retro tech.

An allegorical sculpture in Maryland wears the artist’s politics on its trunk.

Dogs, cats, horses, monkeys, frogs, and fish are laid to rest at the second-oldest pet cemetery in the U.S.

A massive white oak tree provides a beautiful canopy near a suburban shopping center and stood before the signing of the Constitution.

The Forest Service's surprisingly sophisticated collection of wildfire prevention art features America's most beloved bear.

Two dozen pinball games hidden away inside a most unlikely location.

The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.

Across from a hotel parking lot, a Confederate spy rests under a large tombstone with her Union Veteran husband behind a copse of trees in a small, well-maintained cemetery.

An out-of-place Air Force radar dome is all that denotes this park as a former missile launch site.

This train station inspired the name of a 1970's rock band and provided the backdrop for their album cover.

This propitious plastic porcine has been petitioning park visitors to pick up after themselves for more than 50 years.

An unusual sculpture, an interesting history, in a strange place, for a good cause.

A girls' boarding school inspired by the Chicago World's Fair, once abandoned, now restored to strange and scenic glory.

Brain collection and database that narrows the gap between man and animal.

An old pay phone rewired to play local bird calls and songs at the press of a button.

An intricately designed junk art house with four extravagant junk art cars hidden in the suburbs.

Volcanic stone sentinels stand watch at a Korean Bell Garden in Virginia.

This suburban house is made of dirt, and almost sparked a revolution in home construction.

Once home to seven different roller coasters, Glen Echo has undergone many transformations since its founding in 1891.

Collecting 700 years of mechanical death-dealing, the NRA's sprawling gun museum is a revealing testament to the American obsession with armament.

Press 1 for knock-knock jokes.

Surrounded by traditional homes, this Tolkien-esque dwelling stands out on a quiet street in suburban Maryland.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

Largest Roman Catholic church in North America.