Baltimore, Maryland
George Peabody Library
It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Palmanova, Italy
Palmanova Star Fort
A star-shaped fortress town fort built in the geometric model of the Renaissance utopian city.
Shanghai, China
Shimao Wonderland Intercontinental Hotel
The world's first hotel built in an abandoned water-filled quarry.
Ōsaki, Japan
Kejonuma Leisure Land
A quaint amusement park now sits, rusting and forgotten among the foliage.
Tongren, China
Fanjingshan (Mount Fanjing)
Two ancient Buddhist temples crown this dramatic rocky pinnacle.
Baia, Italy
The Sunken City of Baia
A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.
Permanently Closed
Crownsville, Maryland
Crownsville Hospital Center
This former asylum for Black Americans is haunted by its history of violence and racism.
Washington, D.C.
Godey Lime Kilns
A historic ruin just 20 feet away from a busy highway onramp.
Permanently Closed
Washington, D.C.
United Brick Corporation Ruins
Once the supplier for noteworthy projects like the National Cathedral, this old brickworks now lies abandoned.
Washington, D.C.
U.S. Naval Observatory Library
A hoard of sky catalogs, astrophysical journals, even the works of Galileo and Copernicus.
Washington, D.C.
Ruins of the Columbian Cannon Foundry
These recently uncovered walls are all that's left of Washington, D.C's first defense contractor.
Washington, D.C.
Peirce Mill Spy Station
Cold War intelligence agents monitored communist embassies from an attic in a former pigeon coop.
Washington, D.C.
Ruins of the McMillan Sand Filtration Site at Reservoir Park
An Industrial Revolution-era public work that purified water using nothing but sand.
Washington, D.C.
Mount Zion Cemetery's Underground Railroad Shelter
People escaping slavery may have hidden inside a corpse vault.
Washington, D.C.
Volta Laboratory & Bureau
Helen Keller once broke ground on this historic center for the study of technologies to benefit the hearing impaired.
Washington, D.C.
Washington Aqueduct Castle Gatehouse
A building shaped like the Army Corps of Engineers logo, because why not?
Washington, D.C.
Jean Jules Jusserand Memorial
An obscure federal monument honors the French diplomat who served as Ambassador to the U.S. during WWI.
Washington, D.C.
Boy Scout Memorial
The innocent intentions of this monument are somewhat lost in the sculpture's muscled imagery.
Washington, D.C.
Rush-Bagot Monument
An overlooked tribute to one of the most important peace deals in American history.
Permanently Closed
Washington, D.C.
Yenching Palace
The iconic D.C. restaurant where the Cuban Missile Crisis was negotiated, now a Walgreens.
Permanently Closed
Washington, D.C.
Palace of Wonders
Bar full of oddities, specimens, artifacts and homages to the great dime museums of the past.
Washington, D.C.
The L. Ron Hubbard House
Also known as the Founding Church of Scientology.
