Washington, D.C.
Old Post Office Tower
The National Park Service’s best-kept secret with views that rival any in D.C.
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Washington, D.C.
Carousel on the National Mall
Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.
Washington, D.C.
Capitol Building Tunnel System
Members of Congress have traveled between the buildings on Capitol Hill for a century hidden from tourists, press, and storm clouds.
Washington, D.C.
Legislative Bell System
An ear-piercing buzzer calls lawmakers to a vote with a series of long and short rings to form coded messages.
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.
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.
Senate Corncob Capitals
Corn-inthian columns with a uniquely American take on neoclassical architecture.
Washington, D.C.
Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Vega
The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.
Washington, D.C.
First Teddy Bear
The story behind this beloved toy—named for Theodore Roosevelt and owned by his grandson—is more complicated than you might guess.
Washington, D.C.
Washington Monument Marble Stripe
Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.
Metamora, Indiana
Grannie's Cookie Jars & Ice Cream Parlor
More than 3,200 cookie jars line the walls and shelves of this little shop and over 1,000 salt and pepper shakers
Fayetteville, West Virginia
New River Gorge Bridge
One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.
Grayling, Michigan
Hartwick Pines Logging Museum
This museum in the woods evokes the work and lives of Michigan's 19-century lumberjacks.
Permanently Closed
Cincinnati, Ohio
The Cincinnati Subway
An abandoned relic of the city's failed experiment with below ground transit.
Cincinnati, Ohio
Spring Grove Cemetery
This magnificent Cincinnati graveyard is also a popular public park.
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
Cathedral Tower
An unfinished revolving restaurant on a church campus towers over suburban Northeast Ohio
Dearborn, Michigan
Dymaxion House
The only surviving prototype for Buckminster Fuller's house of the future.
San Diego, California
Hotel del Coronado
L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.
Yosemite National Park, California
Horsetail Fall's Firefall
Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.
Bridgeport, California
Bodie State Historic Park
Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.
Paducah, Kentucky
Floodwall Murals
A collection of outdoor art by renowned muralist Robert Dafford depicts the history of a flooded city.
Paducah, Kentucky
Flood High Water Marks
A visualization of three catastrophic floods that led to the creation of the famed Flood Wall.
