Places bglewandowski Wants to Go

Under a playground is a little-known sealed train tunnel that likely contains the bodies of workers trapped by cave-ins.

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

A quintet of history museums make this Virginia graveyard as much a resting place for funereal history as it is for people.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

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

A gorgeous mural outside a beloved D.C. restaurant pays homage to famous Black Americans.

While most wind tunnels test scale models, the "Cave of Winds" was large enough for actual airplanes.

The preamble to the U.S. Constitution written entirely from vanity license plates hangs in the Smithsonian museum.

A museum cafe showcases Native American dishes and indigenous ingredients from across the Western Hemisphere.

A small triangle of DC grass is the final resting place of one of Sonny and Cher's songs.

The span is crooked and made from two older recycled bridges.

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

A rotating cast of guys and dolls in front of a Washington, D.C. building.

When it opened during the final years of the embargo, all the drinks and cigars were free.

A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.

The winding route passes through an enclosed alleyway, two tunnels, and leads to the White House basement.

A hidden gem on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.

A cavernous three-story, 43,800-square-foot basement that was forgotten about for 60 years.

A historic neighborhood church is reborn as a psychedelic arts collective.

This grand gothic brewery has been pumping out suds for over a hundred years.

With over 100 jam-packed rooms to explore plus elaborate tea services and events, the Mansion on O Street is a hidden treasure.

The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.

Bar full of oddities, specimens, artifacts and homages to the great dime museums of the past.

These rusting, skeletal structures are monolithic monuments to Glasgow's industrial past