This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

The Ryerss mansion in Burholme Park now houses a community library and a museum filled with a trove of oddities from around the world.

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

South Philadelphia is home to Keith Haring's only surviving in situ collaborative public mural.

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

A museum dedicated to the strange and extravagant costumes and memorabilia of the mummers, a tradition older than Philadelphia itself.

Huge masonic hall in Philadelphia with lavishly themed rooms.

This meticulously extracted nervous system allegedly came from a 19th-century custodian who donated her body to science.

One artist's love letter to his city and its citizens plays out across dozens of bright murals painted on the sides of decrepit buildings.

The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and until recently, the largest glass mural in the US.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

This weeping, 10-foot-tall sculpture was a maquette for a 9/11 memorial.

This collection of odd proofs of concept is like taking a walk through the imagination of a Victorian engineer.

Just outside the Naval Academy, Hell Point is a historical marker that could easily be the point where failed students wait for the bus.

One of only two sites in the United States containing the remains of Buddha.

Its diverse collection of computers and technology spans the ages.

A suburban museum tells the story of a historic transportation network and even provides rides in antique trolley cars.

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

The 72-foot giant escaped confinement in a large patch of mulch only to be reburied in the sandy shores of the Potomac River.

A benevolent, 16-foot-tall river dragon lives on a suburban lawn.