Wilmington, Delaware
Winterthur
A blend of art, antiquities, and Americana fill this museum, surrounded by whimsical, enchanting gardens.
895
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Wilmington, Delaware
Rothschild Patent Model Collection
This collection of odd proofs of concept is like taking a walk through the imagination of a Victorian engineer.
Wilmington, Delaware
Nemours Estate
This splendid Versailles-inspired mansion has the largest French-style formal gardens in North America.
Wilmington, Delaware
The Crying Giant
This weeping, 10-foot-tall sculpture was a maquette for a 9/11 memorial.
Wilmington, Delaware
Hendrickson House Museum
One of the oldest surviving Swedish-American homes in the United States.
Baltimore, Maryland
Nuclear Ship Savannah
America's first nuclear-powered merchant ship is now a time warp to the atomic age.
Washington, D.C.
U.S. Naval Observatory Library
A hoard of sky catalogs, astrophysical journals, even the works of Galileo and Copernicus.
Alexandria, Virginia
George Washington’s Whiskey
Taste the white whiskey that the United States' first president once distilled and enjoyed.
Lexington, Virginia
University Chapel
This campus chapel is Robert E. Lee's final resting place and a topic of debate about the legacy of the Civil War.
Badin, North Carolina
Graveyard Island
The final resting place of the hundreds of bodies originally buried where Badin Lake sits now.
Raleigh, North Carolina
Joel Lane House Museum
Eighteenth century house of the mysterious "Father of Raleigh."
Eureka, North Carolina
Goldsboro Nuclear Mishap
A sign marks the plane crash that caused two nuclear bombs to fall in North Carolina.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Grave of Thomas Wiltberger Evans
The corporeal remains of Napoleon III's dentist rest under this 15-story obelisk.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Penn Museum's Collection of Ancient Tweezers
These medicine cabinet staples are part of the museum's collection of everyday objects.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Swann Memorial Fountain
A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Rocky Statue
Yo, Adrian!
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Golden Gal of Old Madison Square Garden
Golden and naked, the figure that was once the highest point in New York is all that remains of the second Madison Square Garden.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
'Celebration of Water' Sculpture
This sculpture of a fisherman spent six years at the bottom of the Schuylkill River.
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 Lindens
The oldest house in Washington, D.C. wasn't originally constructed in the nation's capital.
Permanently Closed
Washington, D.C.
Babcock Lake Fisheries
The U.S. Fish Commission’s effort to mass produce carp.
Permanently Closed
Washington, D.C.
Treasury Department Laundry
Literal "money laundering."
Permanently Closed
Washington, D.C.
National Museum of Crime and Punishment
America's Most Wanted's set resides in this tribute to the history of crime and punishment.
