An obscure federal monument honors the French diplomat who served as Ambassador to the U.S. during WWI.

In an alcove of this historic library, you can find murals painted in the 1930s by an artist who went on to create some of Disney's most iconic animated films.

The span is crooked and made from two older recycled bridges.

A gorgeous mural outside a beloved D.C. restaurant pays homage to famous Black Americans.

While most wind tunnels test scale models, the "Cave of Winds" was large enough for actual airplanes.

A museum cafe showcases Native American dishes and indigenous ingredients from across the Western Hemisphere.

Baltimore's classic clock tower was once topped by a rotating, 20-ton medicine bottle.

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.

This statue honors the author's groundbreaking family story.

Just outside the Naval Academy, Hell Point is a historical marker that could easily be the point where failed students wait for the bus.

This memorial honors five journalists who were killed in a mass shooting in 2018, and affirms the importance of the first amendment.

A touching tribute to a local hero who made sure his neighborhood stayed clean.

A mural honoring two trailblazing Supreme Court Justices—Thurgood Marshall and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

A Maryland museum dedicated to Black history, housed in a historic church.

A muscular Art Deco monument represents the struggle between regulators and unbridled markets.

A much-maligned monument to teetotalism.

Go take a picture with the inventor of the daguerreotype photographic process.

A relic of FDR's brief foray into utopian urban planning.

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

Art Deco stylings conceal the true nature of this bridge.

A dentist's hated concrete colossi are now beloved icons of the community.

The Empire Mine is "one of the oldest, largest, deepest, longest and richest gold mines in California."