Legend has it that President Grant’s frequent drinking in the lobby gave rise to the term “lobbyist.”

A historic arena where the Beatles played their first concert in the U.S.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

Art deco landmark on the outskirts of Washington, D.C.

An intricately designed junk art house with four extravagant junk art cars hidden in the suburbs.

The bridge's highly-contested plaque (once again) honors Confederate President Jefferson Davis.

This poor little statue is the most vandalized memorial in Washington.

Members of Congress have traveled between the buildings on Capitol Hill for a century hidden from tourists, press, and storm clouds.

Once the supplier for noteworthy projects like the National Cathedral, this old brickworks now lies abandoned.

You could be standing at the site of one of D.C.'s most fatal tragedies and not even know it.

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

The last of Philadelphia's wood-paved streets is now a landmark of terrible engineering.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

One of the last surviving C-97s sits in a field in front of a Wisconsin inn.

The 320-year-old tree that greeted General Lafayette and rerouted an interstate highway.

One critic described it as "middle Mussolini, early Ramses, and late Neiman-Marcus." Another called it an architectural "natural disaster."

A historic ruin just 20 feet away from a busy highway onramp.

Near-constant high winds deform the trees on Spruce Knob, the highest point in West Virginia.

The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels, scores of people have died on its slopes.

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

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

Soldiers were buried next to Lee's house in the center of Arlington Cemetery to dissuade the general from reclaiming his property after the war.