Places colemanelson Wants to Go

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

FDR's Art Deco hospital tower was hopelessly inefficient.

The rooster who crossed the road lives on forever in Takoma Park, Maryland.

Easter in Westminster may be the only time and place to behold Edgar Allen Poe made entirely of Marshmallow Peeps.

Live data is transmitted from the Atlantic coast to instantly recreate the ocean waves in this fountain at the NOAA headquarters.

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

A blank headstone topped with a pile of pennies marks the final resting place of the infamous assassin.

The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

This bronze statue commemorates the life of the first Black American to publish a novel in the United States.

A painfully obvious spy house sits right across the street from the Russian Embassy.

Long-abandoned trolley tunnels just a mile away from the White House are turning into an art space.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.