Places bentyner Wants to Go

"Leave a He-Man, Take a Transformer" and share a story about your real-life superhero.

An exhibition space dedicated to American outsider art created between the 18th and 21st centuries.

Nondescript elevator doors open to reveal a stunning, surreal world.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

A fantastic array of trays and cables once whisked books over to the Capitol at 600 feet per minute.

An obscure public service from the U.S. government that redeems burnt, moldy, and soiled old greenbacks.

The Byzantine, pre-Columbian, and medieval art at this stately mansion are some of the most under-appreciated collections in D.C.

There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

Long-abandoned trolley tunnels just a mile away from the White House are turning into an art space.

Parking garage where Bob Woodward met Watergate source "Deep Throat."

Sit where JFK proposed to Jackie or where Nixon dined on meatloaf at this storied pub.

Charles Babbage's proto-computer, painstakingly brought to life.

Rusted and decayed, this former mining site is a portal to the past.

A 35-foot-tall fork stuck in the ground outside an office building in Missouri.

A late sculptor's last project was to turn this abandoned cement factory into a castle-themed amusement park.

A plaque on the side of a parking garage marks the burial place of a great Ottawa chief.

Hundreds of graffiti artists have decorated this flood-wall on the west bank of the Mississippi River.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie 'The Fugitive' can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.

The oldest bridge in South Carolina may have been designed by the same man who created the Washington Monument.

A 13th-century stronghold that has fallen into ruin.