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Suns Cinema

Washington, D.C.

Suns Cinema

Small indie movie theater that shows documentaries and unique films and has a cocktail bar with great drinks.

Baltimore’s Painted Ladies

Baltimore, Maryland

Baltimore’s Painted Ladies

These vibrant row houses are a unique example of Baltimore kitsch.

Ma & Pass Overpass

Towson, Maryland

Ma & Pass Overpass

The stone supports mark where a historic railroad once crossed one of Towson’s main roads.

The bell dragon clock, facing 21st street.

Baltimore, Maryland

The Clock House

An antiquarian horologist’s mysterious home in Old Goucher.

National Road Museum

Boonsboro, Maryland

National Road Museum

An 1830s street scene and roadside relics trace the country’s first great highway

Georgetown Transformers

Washington, D.C.

Georgetown Transformers

Two statues of the fictitious toy robots that ran afoul of local government

Bunghole Liquors

Salem, Massachusetts

Bunghole Liquors

A cheeky name, colorful merchandise, and spooky ghost stories

Carousel at Glen Echo Park

Glen Echo, Maryland

Glen Echo Park Carousel

A merry-go-round that became a rallying point for the early Civil Rights Movement.

This painting is from the "Art as Resistance" series by Mohammad Sabaaneh.

Washington, D.C.

Museum of the Palestinian People

This small museum is dedicated to telling the 4,000-year story of Palestinian history, culture, and resistance.

Alternate view from the second floor

Washington, D.C.

Riggs Library

A wondrous old library overlooking the nation's capital.

Dahlgren Iron Cross

Washington, D.C.

Dahlgren Iron Cross

A purported 17th-century religious artifact with noteworthy associations to Catholic history in the U. S.

Secretary Kerry Thanks Pope Francis for Presenting Him with a Gift

Washington, D.C.

State Department Protocol Gift Office

They sort through millions of dollars worth of diplomatic gifts on behalf of the government.

Old Ball Family Burial Ground

Arlington, Virginia

Old Ball Family Burial Ground

Through a gap in a chain link fence behind an auto shop is one of Arlington’s oldest family cemeteries.

Glenfiddich House

Leesburg, Virginia

Glenfiddich House

The house where Robert E. Lee planned the Battle of Antietam is said to be haunted by the ghost of a Civil War soldier.

Fascination parlor still in operation on Nantasket Beach.
Permanently Closed

Hull, Massachusetts

Nantasket Fascination Parlor

The only remaining place where you can play this century-old game for cash.

A recreation of an earthwork structure built by colonists on Roanoke Island.

Manteo, North Carolina

The Lost Colony of Roanoke

Home to the first child born to English colonists in North America, this colony mysteriously disappeared while waiting for supplies.

Sponsored By Visit North Carolina
Exterior image of the library

Rockville, Maryland

Rockville Memorial Library

This library is designed to commemorate the work of the Human Genome Project.

Maine Beer Company

Freeport, Maine

Maine Beer Company

Suspended from this brewery’s tasting room ceiling is a full-sized fin whale skeleton.

The Pike

Arlington, Virginia

The Pike

It is a 50-foot tall sculpture made of a reclaimed wind turbine wing, concrete, steel, and coins from around the world, located off the Columbia Pike in Northern Virginia suburbia.

The Philadelphia Merchants’ Exchange Building façade is an iconic fixture in the Old City.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Merchants’ Exchange Building

Trace the history of the nation’s early days at the site of America’s oldest stock exchange.

Eden Center's Iconic Arch is Modeled on Bến Thành Market in Ho Chi Minh City

Falls Church, Virginia

Eden Center

Northern Virginia’s iconic Vietnamese shopping center.

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. 

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Grand Concourse Restaurant 

This riverside restaurant delivers elegant dining in a historic 1901 train depot. 

Ocean View Fishing Pier

Norfolk, Virginia

Ocean View Pier

The longest pier in North America stretches over the Chesapeake Bay.

Shown from above, the Cyclorama is a 500-foot-long, immersive painting of PIckett’s Charge.

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center

Experience the pivotal Civil War battle at this interactive museum.

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