Key West, Florida
Time for Fun
This statue inspired by Renoir's famous painting embodies the jovial spirit of Key West.
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Key West, Florida
This statue inspired by Renoir's famous painting embodies the jovial spirit of Key West.
Ocracoke, North Carolina
The North Carolina grounds are leased in perpetuity to the British Commonwealth for as long as the WWII sailors are buried there.
Washington, D.C.
A computer bug so primitive it was an actual insect.
Washington, D.C.
This leafy estate is worth $18 million and is so grand it has two mailing addresses.
Irwin, Pennsylvania
True to his word, George Swanson is buried in his white 1984 Corvette.
Wilmington, Delaware
Hundreds of antiquated typewriters and office machinery show the technological evolution of business.
Franklin, Pennsylvania
Priceless space junk on display in front of a local Dairy Queen.
Washington, D.C.
An atomic bomb-proof strongbox protects the U.S. Constitution from terrorists and thieves.
Baltimore, Maryland
A model home in the Medical Examiner's Office in which grisly death scenes are staged to train forensic investigators.
Washington, D.C.
Seemingly unremarkable items like empty sushi trays, chef hats, and freshness stickers are being preserved so future generations can look back on this beloved cultural import.
State College, Pennsylvania
No one knows who painted this mysterious mural in a Penn State basement.
Warm Springs, Virginia
Bubbling up from deep underground is the warm crystal clear water that fills the Warm Springs Pools, America's oldest spa.
Alpine, New Jersey
Along the Palisades skyline are the ruins of a large mansion built in 1911 and demolished in the 1930s.
Washington, D.C.
Where the U.S. government kept its actual treasure, before Fort Knox.
Allentown, Pennsylvania
The famous bell was secreted away and hidden in a church in Allentown during the British occupation of Philadelphia.
Waterford, Pennsylvania
The only statue of its kind to commemorate Washington's beginnings as an officer of the British Colonial Militia.
Coraopolis, Pennsylvania
A retrofuturistic art installation in the Pittsburgh Airport.
Ephrata, Pennsylvania
What looks like a simple quaint estate in rural Pennsylvania was in the 18th century home to a small monastic community.
Washington, D.C.
The elevator that makes it possible to fly American flags in bulk over the U.S. Capitol
Washington, D.C.
There's an old indoor swimming pool hidden directly underneath the White House Press Briefing Room.
Washington, D.C.
Members of Congress have traveled between the buildings on Capitol Hill for a century hidden from tourists, press, and storm clouds.
Waxhaw, North Carolina
Trace the history of writing at this unusual North Carolina destination.
Alderson, West Virginia
This abandoned school has had many lives since the early 1900s, and all of them doomed.
Rose Hill, North Carolina
The 15-foot-wide, 2-ton pan fries hundreds of chickens once a year.