Silver Spring, Maryland
'Coastline' Wave Pool
Live data is transmitted from the Atlantic coast to instantly recreate the ocean waves in this fountain at the NOAA headquarters.
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New Orleans, Louisiana
Plaza Tower
This 45-story tall abandoned skyscraper is the third tallest building in New Orleans and Lousiana.
Detroit, Michigan
Belle Isle Aquarium
The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.
Metepec, Mexico
Museo del Barro (Museum of Clay)
A collection of incredible clay crafts, complete with earthen skeletons and mermaids.
Washington, D.C.
Walter Johnson Statue
This statue of one of baseball’s greatest pitchers looks like something out of a sci-fi horror movie.
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
True Treats
Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.
Riverside, Ohio
National Museum of the U.S. Air Force
Inside houses a vast collection of military aircraft and missiles spanning the ages.
Washington, D.C.
Civil War Nurses Memorial
A bas relief commemorates the "Nuns of the Battlefield" who cared for soldiers on both sides of the conflict.
Washington, D.C.
Mummified Bison
The 28,000-year-old specimen is remarkably intact.
Washington, D.C.
Spirit of Justice Park
A secret greenspace hides atop a Capitol parking garage.
Washington, D.C.
Rush-Bagot Monument
An overlooked tribute to one of the most important peace deals in American history.
Washington, D.C.
Strom Party Animal
A public art jibe at one of the United States’ oldest and longest-serving senators.
Washington, D.C.
Overthrust Fault
A surprising, but overlooked example of geology in the middle of the nation’s capital.
Arlington, Virginia
Dark Star Park
This unique historical monument features large concrete spheres designed to resemble fallen stars.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dragonfly Mosaic
Thousands of people walk over this fantastic work of art every day, but how many notice it?
New York, New York
Asiatic Leopard Diorama
One of the most dazzling dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History is also one of the oldest.
Atlanta, Georgia
Coca-Cola Secret Formula Vault
One of corporate America's best-kept secrets is also one of the most publicly displayed.
Mexico City, Mexico
Museo Vivo del Muralismo (Live Museum of Muralism)
The former headquarters of Mexico's Secretariat of Public Education now houses a muralism museum, including Diego Rivera's first large-scale mural project.
New York, New York
African Elephants Diorama
This magnificent herd of stampeding elephants has been frozen in time for over a century.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philbert the Pig
This beloved marketplace mascot poops money and grants good luck.
Dayton, Ohio
SAM 26000
You can walk through the first Boeing Air Force One, which famously carried JFK's casket from Dallas back to D.C.
Columbus, Ohio
Arnold Schwarzenegger Statue
A bronze of the man in all his sinewy glory celebrates his longtime connection to the Ohio city.
Berlin, Germany
Berlin Victory Column
A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.
Berlin, Germany
Vestiges of the Berlin Wall
On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.
