Washington, D.C.
U.S. Mint Coin Store
Coins and medals straight from the mint await visitors to this shop in the nation's capital.
Places agand Wants to Go
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Washington, D.C.
Walter Johnson Statue
This statue of one of baseball’s greatest pitchers looks like something out of a sci-fi horror movie.
Washington, D.C.
Jokes Phone
Press 1 for knock-knock jokes.
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Chinatown Barnes Dance
The unique traffic pattern named for an influential urban planner is also known as the Pedestrian Scramble.
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Arizona Avenue Trestle
The span is crooked and made from two older recycled bridges.
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International Temple of the Order of the Eastern Star
Obscure Freemasons still live in D.C.’s largest private residence.
Washington, D.C.
Uncle Beazley the Triceratops
A celebrity from the late Cretaceous period.
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Rockefeller Mansion in Rock Creek Park
This leafy estate is worth $18 million and is so grand it has two mailing addresses.
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Maine Avenue Fish Market
The oldest continuously operating fish market in the United States.
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Albert Einstein Bronze Statue
The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.
Washington, D.C.
Titanic Memorial
This lonely waterfront memorial to the men of the Titanic was erected by the "Women of America."
Washington, D.C.
Secret Entrance to the White House
The winding route passes through an enclosed alleyway, two tunnels, and leads to the White House basement.
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Summerhouse
A hidden gem on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.
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Zero Milestone
A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.
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Lincoln Memorial Undercroft
A cavernous three-story, 43,800-square-foot basement that was forgotten about for 60 years.
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FBI Spy House
A painfully obvious spy house sits right across the street from the Russian Embassy.
Washington, D.C.
International Spy Museum
Home to items never before seen by the public.
Washington, D.C.
Catacombs of Washington, D.C.
Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.
Washington, D.C.
The Exorcist Stairs
The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.
Permanently Closed
Rapid City, South Dakota
Thunderhead Underground Falls
A waterfall 600 ft. inside a mountain, once the bane of gold miners, is now a spectacle of nature.
Garretson, South Dakota
Palisades State Park
These cliff and rock formations are made out of Sioux Quartzite.
Rapid City, South Dakota
McDonald’s Quarter Pounder Monument
Calidum et Deliciose Succosum!
Lemmon, South Dakota
Petrified Wood Park
An entire city block built completely out of petrified wood.
Mitchell, South Dakota
The Corn Palace
A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.
