Helotes, Texas
Dinosaur Tracks at Government Canyon
Over 100 million years ago, beach-bound dinosaurs left permanent marks on San Antonio's landscape.
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Chicago, Illinois
Lucent
A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.
Elsie, Oregon
Camp 18 Restaurant
A logging-themed roadside restaurant surrounded by museum-quality machinery and artifacts from the industry's heyday.
Shelburne, Vermont
Fire Hydrant Jack
A giant toy jack made of numerous welded-together fire hydrants.
Hartford, Connecticut
Flood 1936 Marker
A tiny memorial for the year the Connecticut River almost destroyed New England.
Pendleton, Oregon
Tamástslikt Cultural Institute
The only Native American museum along the Oregon Trail, run by the peoples who have lived on the land for generations.
Heidelberg, Germany
Heidelberger Bergbahnen
This historic funicular system combines the old with the new while offering delightful views over the surrounding valley.
Seattle, Washington
Hat 'n' Boots
Seattle's super-sized cowboy apparel once belonged to a themed gas station that wrangled in herds of tourists.
Washington, D.C.
The Blessing of the Fleets Ceremony
The fountains of the U.S. Navy Memorial are annually salted with water from the Seven Seas as part of a nautical ritual.
Washington, D.C.
USS Missouri Model Ship
The U.S. Navy’s preposterously detailed mini battleship took 77,000 hours to complete.
Washington, D.C.
Washington Aqueduct Castle Gatehouse
A building shaped like the Army Corps of Engineers logo, because why not?
Washington, D.C.
Bootlegging Room in the Cannon House Office Building
During Prohibition, the U.S. Congress had an "official" bootlegger, with his own Capitol Hill office.
Washington, D.C.
The Tabulating Machine Co.
The early data processor factory founded in Washington for the 1890 U.S. Census went on to become IBM.
Washington, D.C.
The Cuban Embassy's Hemingway Bar
When it opened during the final years of the embargo, all the drinks and cigars were free.
Washington, D.C.
Ruins of the Columbian Cannon Foundry
These recently uncovered walls are all that's left of Washington, D.C's first defense contractor.
Washington, D.C.
Sharpshooter's Tree
A diminutive plaque recalls the treetop sniper who almost killed Abe Lincoln.
Washington, D.C.
Arizona Avenue Trestle
The span is crooked and made from two older recycled bridges.
Washington, D.C.
Peirce Mill Spy Station
Cold War intelligence agents monitored communist embassies from an attic in a former pigeon coop.
Washington, D.C.
Mount Zion Cemetery's Underground Railroad Shelter
People escaping slavery may have hidden inside a corpse vault.
Washington, D.C.
House of the Temple
This imposing Masonic temple a mile from the White House was the first public library in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Hoff's Harmonica Case Collection
More than 500 unique and specially designed cases collected by D.C.'s "Harmonica Case Man."
Washington, D.C.
Eritrean Cultural Civic Center
Daily lunch spot for many of Washington, D.C.'s cab drivers.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Vilnil Museum of Illusions
Things aren't quite what they seem at this mind-bending museum.
Fort Belvoir, Virginia
Army Museum Support Center
The U.S. Army's giant warehouse of war art includes Hitler’s watercolors and Norman Rockwell oil paintings.
