Places BeerAndLoathing Wants to Go

The elevator that makes it possible to fly American flags in bulk over the U.S. Capitol

The word "Watergate" will forever be associated with the infamous scandal in 1972, but this fountain is famous in its own right.

This mysterious structure by the Washington Monument is a flood barrier designed to protect the White House against rising waters.

‘Bush the old fire dog died of poison July 5th, 1869. RIP.’

A promising candidate for the lost rock laid by George Washington was unearthed, but the hunt is still on.

A diminutive memorial marks the site of a successful assassination by a right-wing death squad in America's capital.

Was there a small "backpack nuke" hidden in the attic? JFK apparently thought so.

This seemingly out-of-place gas station by the Watergate hotel was once described as the most expensive gas station in the world.

A muscular Art Deco monument represents the struggle between regulators and unbridled markets.

100 years later, they're still down there.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

A little marble compass above George Washington's (empty) tomb in the Capitol marks where D.C.'s four quadrants intersect.

For 60 years, the academy had no permanent location until members voted Washington D.C. as its forever home.

The unique traffic pattern named for an influential urban planner is also known as the Pedestrian Scramble.

This lonely waterfront memorial to the men of the Titanic was erected by the "Women of America."

A short tunnel built straight through a magmatic dike.

This vintage theme park is peak Christmas kitsch—and it's open all summer.

This modest relic, with rich history as a strategic fort through multiple eras.

This longship was a gift to commemorate the 1500th anniversary of the Anglo-Saxons arrival in England.

Marking the spot where a conquistador gave up his search for the fabled Seven Cities of Gold.

Some say that the battle fought at this Kansas site in 1856 was the first unofficial battle of the American Civil War.

This statue of a studious young woman stands at the site of Leuven's first college to accept female students.

Banished from town, this local jester concocted a clever return.

A replica of a 17th-century map of the stars stands in the courtyard of a Belgian university.