Places chip520 Wants to Go

You don't have to be an ambassador to dine like one.

More than 250 sakes are available in an izakaya hidden in the basement of a Midtown office building.

In the back of a nondescript sports bar is a museum-worthy mural by legendary cartoonists.

Finally, you don't have to be a pious Swedish seaman to relax like one.

Come for the waffles, stay for more waffles.

If it hadn't been caught in time, a flaw in the design of this Manhattan skyscraper could have led to its collapse.

This marker at the entrance to the Humphreys Engineer Center honors the former Chief of the Army Corps of Engineers.

This small pedestal marks the spot of the first lot of land sold in Alexandria, Virginia in 1749.

A small and somewhat hidden memorial to 68 local veterans of the Vietnam War.

A superbly preserved example of Georgian residential architecture that was once home to one of the founders of Alexandria, Virginia.

Home to a 27 room house, this estate was crafted by Black entrepreneur Olander Banks Sr.

The former home of Thomson Francis Mason, the mayor of Alexandria from 1827-1830.

Originally dubbed "Retirement" by the Navy Commodore who built it in 1780, this beautiful mansion is now the centerpiece of a suburban community park.

This pharmacist and his patient greet visitors to the National Community Pharmacists Association.

This cannon dating to 1755 has stood guard at this suburban intersection since 1915.

Hidden in the forest atop a long, winding driveway is this stately home.

Once the largest trading firm of enslaved people in the U.S., this building is now a museum that preserves Alexandria's dark past.

The only remaining African American schoolhouse in northern Virginia is now a museum dedicated to formerly enslaved people.

This twice-relocated "Usonian" home is among the smallest built by master architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

A massive, majestic mammal watches over pedestrians from his perch atop a former B.P.O.E. lodge.

What began as an art installation is now the private drinkhaüs for a brewery's employees.

These old doors are covered in the signatures of Rehoboth Beach artists dating back to the 1930s.

In the middle of one of South America's most historic walled cities lies a bar with an enormous collection of Soviet memorabilia.

Tucked away in downtown Westerly is America's first shark history museum.