Sterling, Virginia
Dulles Airport Mobile Lounges
These unusual rooms on wheels are holdovers from the 1960s.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Chantilly, Virginia
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
At Washington's Dulles Airport is a satellite museum (no pun intended) with three quarters of a million square feet of aircraft history.
Washington, D.C.
Boy Scout Memorial
The innocent intentions of this monument are somewhat lost in the sculpture's muscled imagery.
Washington, D.C.
Watergate Fountain
The word "Watergate" will forever be associated with the infamous scandal in 1972, but this fountain is famous in its own right.
New York, New York
Antioch Chalice
Once thought to be the fabled Holy Grail, it is now known to be an oil lamp.
New York, New York
Ancient Egyptian Beef Shoulder
Even for Egyptian royalty, the afterlife was bring-your-own-beef.
New York, New York
Brooklyn Bridge Love Locks
A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.
New York, New York
Statue of Liberty's Original Torch
Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.
New York, New York
Strawberry Fields Memorial
This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.
New York, New York
Central Park Boathouse
With a history dating back to Victorian times, this architectural gem is a rare New York tourist haunt worth visiting.
New York, New York
Leopard Society Garb
Recovered suit of a cannibalistic West African gang.
New York, New York
Scavenger Taxidermy Diorama
This morbid scene depicts the Darwinian drama of death on the African savannah.
New York, New York
Okapi Taxidermy Diorama
This impressive scene portrays the elusive forest giraffe of Central Africa.
New York, New York
Libyan Desert Diorama
This poignant display is now a memorial to these regionally extinct species.
New York, New York
Sambar and Wild Dog Diorama
This taxidermy scene brings the struggle for survival in the Indian jungle to a quiet corner of a Manhattan museum.
New York, New York
Komodo Dragon Diorama
Here be dragons.
New York, New York
Flying Carpet Over Isfahan
A controversial magical figure is hidden within a diorama of the city.
New York, New York
African Elephants Diorama
This magnificent herd of stampeding elephants has been frozen in time for over a century.
New York, New York
Asiatic Leopard Diorama
One of the most dazzling dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History is also one of the oldest.
New York, New York
Gorilla Diorama
Creating this diorama spurred naturalist Carl Akeley to begin advocating to protect the apes.
New York, New York
Hall of North American Mammals
Outstanding taxidermy dioramas showcase the grandeur of the continent's wildlife with spooky realism.
New York, New York
Hess Triangle
New York City's smallest piece of private property.
New York, New York
The High Line
Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.
New York, New York
National Debt Clock
This installation turns abstract economics into a stark, public spectacle.
