Washington, D.C.
Inaugural Parade Center Line
A line of blue paint marks the route of the inaugural parade.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Washington, D.C.
A line of blue paint marks the route of the inaugural parade.
Pensacola, Florida
This now-deactivated naval base defended the Florida coast for centuries.
Stillwater, New York
A monument to the military service of America's greatest traitor refuses to even name him.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The beautiful, fruit-covered facade hints at this building's former life.
Oolitic, Indiana
The chiseled jaw of this forgotten American hero still stands tall in a small Indiana town.
Mackinaw City, Michigan
A Northwoods sporting competition that shows lumber jacks doing much more than cutting down trees.
Greenbelt, Maryland
A relic of FDR's brief foray into utopian urban planning.
Eureka, North Carolina
A sign marks the plane crash that caused two nuclear bombs to fall in North Carolina.
Santa Barbara, California
For over 20 years, Lil Toot has delighted guests with narrated boat rides between Stearns Wharf and Santa Barbara Harbor, becoming a beloved local legend and top-rated experience for visitors.
Worcester, Massachusetts
This little-known rival to the Library of Congress houses one of the largest collections of pre-1876 American books, newspapers, and manuscripts.
George, Washington
A bust of the first president welcomes visitors to the only town in America called George, Washington.
Tabernacle, New Jersey
Rising out of a clearing in New Jersey's Pine Barrens is an Aztec-inspired monument to the "Lindbergh of Mexico."
Bellingham, Washington
Stones speckled along Harris Avenue reveal hidden nuggets of the past.
Newport, Rhode Island
Oldest synagogue in the United States.
Tucson, Arizona
Giant telescope mirrors built in a spinning furnace under a college football stadium.
Brooklyn, New York
The site where Joe Gallo kept his guns, pet lion, and launched an all out mob war in 1960s Brooklyn.
Kansasville, Wisconsin
The Bong-area park police have asked visitors to please, stop stealing the signs.
Boyne City, Michigan
Every winter, water dripping from a pole creates an ever-changing ice sculpture.
Elberton, Georgia
Home of Dutchy, an exhumed Confederate statue that was once torn down by an angry mob for looking stupid.
Herndon, Virginia
Where pardoned turkeys once spent their all-too-brief final days.
Waukesha, Wisconsin
A forgotten Cold War relic hidden in the outskirts of a Wisconsin city.
Cambridge, Ohio
Hundreds of 19th-century characters descend upon an Ohio town every autumn.
San Jose, California
It is locally loved and ridiculed for literally looking like poop.
Cabin John, Maryland
This suburban house is made of dirt, and almost sparked a revolution in home construction.