Jersey City, New Jersey
The Colgate Clock
On the Hudson resides one of the largest clocks in the world.
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Places I've been
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Jersey City, New Jersey
The Katyń Massacre Memorial
This evocative New Jersey statue memoralizes the Polish victims of a Soviet massacre.
Jersey City, New Jersey
Infinity Climber
A playground inspired by differential calculus dangles from the ceiling of the Liberty Science Center.
Kearny, New Jersey
Sky Mound
This huge work of functional public art replaced a landfill in New Jersey's Meadowlands.
Princeton, New Jersey
Nassau Hall
Nassau Hall has served as army barracks, a museum, and played a key role in the American Revolution.
Trenton, New Jersey
Lower Trenton Bridge
This Delaware River bridge is emblazoned with a catty slogan from a more prosperous time.
Wilmington, Delaware
'The Gumball Machine'
In Wilmington's hip Trolley Square neighborhood, a utility box has been repainted to resemble a classic gumball machine.
Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
Rehoboth Beach Temperance Fountain
Once used as a deterrent to drinking alcohol.
Dover, Delaware
Miles the Monster
The Dover International Speedway is home to a towering, concrete-skinned, racecar-hungry behemoth.
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."
Washington, D.C.
Senate Corncob Capitals
Corn-inthian columns with a uniquely American take on neoclassical architecture.
Washington, D.C.
The Portrait Monument
Rumor has it the uncarved lump behind the three famous suffragists is reserved for the first woman president.
Washington, D.C.
Philo Farnsworth Statue
This statue of the "father of television" stands prominently in the United States Capitol.
Washington, D.C.
Inside the Capitol Dome
The walls of the iconic dome are hollow and have a secret stairway.
Washington, D.C.
District of Columbia Center Point
A little marble compass above George Washington's (empty) tomb in the Capitol marks where D.C.'s four quadrants intersect.
Washington, D.C.
Capitol Bollards
The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.
Washington, D.C.
Knife Edge
Architecture lovers won’t stop touching the National Gallery's 19.5 degree marble prow.
Washington, D.C.
'Ginevra de’ Benci' Portrait
The only Leonardo Da Vinci painting in the Western Hemisphere.
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.
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.
Washington, D.C.
Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Vega
The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.
Washington, D.C.
National Archives Vault
An atomic bomb-proof strongbox protects the U.S. Constitution from terrorists and thieves.
Washington, D.C.
Martha, the Last Passenger Pigeon
The remains of Martha, the last known passenger pigeon, serve as a tool to educate about conservation.
Washington, D.C.
Mummified Bison
The 28,000-year-old specimen is remarkably intact.
