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Ahuntley

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Psychic Chicken of Seattle

Seattle, Washington

Psychic Chicken of Seattle

Deep into the lower floors of Pike Place, find a date with fowl fate.

Closeup of the “vandalism”

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Civil War Graffiti

Soldiers’ scrawls turned into history’s signatures.

Historic 1776 Dobbin House is the oldest structure in Gettysburg.

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Historic Dobbin House

This Pennsylvania structure, the oldest building in Gettysburg, was once a stop on the Underground Railroad.

See the restored railway cars up close.

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Gettysburg Railway

Travel back in time aboard a restored 1950s-era railcar.

Historic Elevator at Potbelly

Washington, D.C.

Historic Elevator at Potbelly

This sandwich shop has a century-old elevator behind a sheet of plexiglass.

Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Vega

Washington, D.C.

Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Vega

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument

Washington, D.C.

Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument

Housing the National Women's Party since 1929, this historic house is now a monument to the fight for gender equality.

Holt House in November, 2008.

Washington, D.C.

Holt House

There's a crumbling old mansion inside the Smithsonian National Zoo.

Summerhouse, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted - United States Capitol grounds, Washington, DC

Washington, D.C.

Summerhouse

A hidden gem on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.

Zero Milestone

Washington, D.C.

Zero Milestone

A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.

Courtesy National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C.

'Ginevra de’ Benci' Portrait

The only Leonardo Da Vinci painting in the Western Hemisphere.

The propeller can currently be found in the Air and Space Museum.

Washington, D.C.

NASA Full Scale Wind Tunnel Propeller

While most wind tunnels test scale models, the "Cave of Winds" was large enough for actual airplanes.

Starship Enterprise NCC-1701

Washington, D.C.

Starship Enterprise NCC-1701

The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

Boy Scout Memorial

Washington, D.C.

Boy Scout Memorial

The innocent intentions of this monument are somewhat lost in the sculpture's muscled imagery.

Spirit of Justice Park.

Washington, D.C.

Spirit of Justice Park

A secret greenspace hides atop a Capitol parking garage.

Approaching the Minecraft Death Star from the south

Washington, D.C.

Rayburn House Office Building

One critic described it as "middle Mussolini, early Ramses, and late Neiman-Marcus." Another called it an architectural "natural disaster."

The 'electric dynamo' book conveying apparatus.

Washington, D.C.

Library of Congress Book Conveyor Tunnel

A fantastic array of trays and cables once whisked books over to the Capitol at 600 feet per minute.

The First Map of the United States

Washington, D.C.

The First Map of the United States

This map, on display in the Library of Congress, and one of only seven known to exist, is the very first map of the United States.

Senate-side tower

Washington, D.C.

Capitol Air Conditioning Towers

"Congress may voluntarily remain in session throughout the summer, in order that our Congressmen may be protected from the intolerable discomforts and dangers of the ordinary outdoor weather!”

The Knife Edge is on the right.

Washington, D.C.

Knife Edge

Architecture lovers won’t stop touching the National Gallery's 19.5 degree marble prow.

Rotunda Of The Provinces

Washington, D.C.

Rotunda of the Provinces

An echo chamber with a waterfall wrapped around its base at the Embassy of Canada in Washington, D.C.

Entrance to the garbage tunnel

Washington, D.C.

Congressional Garbage Tunnel

The tunnel under the Capitol Building where Congress takes out its trash.

A receding field of wheat memorialized in bronze.

Washington, D.C.

Holodomor Memorial

An easily overlooked memorial to a Ukrainian famine-genocide that killed over 4 million people.

Kilroy Was Here.

Washington, D.C.

Kilroy Was Here

There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.

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