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The buzz on Broughton

Savannah, Georgia

Jen Library Bee

You’ve heard of bookworms, but this small sculpture at a university library may be the world’s first bookbee.

The Bonaventure Jogger.

Savannah, Georgia

The Bonaventure Jogger

An eerie smiling woman looms above the granite tombstones.

Grave of Gracie Watson

Savannah, Georgia

Grave of Gracie Watson

More than a century after her death, Little Gracie Watson remains one of Savannah's most often-visited residents.

Grave of Corinne Elliot Lawton

Savannah, Georgia

Grave of Corinne Elliot Lawton

This haunting tombstone comes complete with a heartbreaking story of love and loss.

The Methodist steeple is now protected at the park (you can still see it).

Virginia Beach, Virginia

Wash Woods Settlement

The eerie ruins of a remote abandoned hamlet said to be founded by the survivors of a shipwreck.

Covered for many years until renovations in the ‘70s and ‘80s, the glass skylight now lets in sun and offers a glimpse of the clock tower.

Washington, D.C.

Old Post Office Tower

The National Park Service’s best-kept secret with views that rival any in D.C.

Brewmaster's Castle

Washington, D.C.

The Brewmaster's Castle

This grand gothic brewery has been pumping out suds for over a hundred years.

Daguerre Monument

Washington, D.C.

Daguerre Monument

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

The Preamble in License Plates

Washington, D.C.

The Preamble in License Plates

The preamble to the U.S. Constitution written entirely from vanity license plates hangs in the Smithsonian museum.

Hidden Figures Way

Washington, D.C.

Hidden Figures Way

A street in front of NASA's D.C. headquarters has been named in honor of the Black women who were essential to early spaceflight.

The FBI's spy house on Wisconsin Ave. Cameras could be seen in the tinted skylights on the roof.

Washington, D.C.

FBI Spy House

A painfully obvious spy house sits right across the street from the Russian Embassy.

The bells were lowered through the circular hole in the ceiling

Washington, D.C.

National Cathedral Bell Tower

There’s a special club house at the top for the bell ringers.

"La Pasionaria."

Glasgow, Scotland

'La Pasionaria'

Glasgow's memorial to the International Brigade volunteers from Great Britain who fought and died in the Spanish Civil War.

Laura Smith Haviland Statue.

Adrian, Michigan

Laura Smith Haviland Statue

This life-sized effigy commemorates the dedicated abolitionist and social reformer.

A bronze fast of a female face atop a pedestal with a lighthouse in the background

New York, New York

Girl Puzzle Monument

An art installation commemorates journalist Nellie Bly's undercover reporting inside a New York asylum.

Cher Ami in the Smithsonian

Washington, D.C.

Cher Ami

A heroic pigeon that, through a barrage of gunfire, delivered a message that saved over 100 lives in World War I.

Teddy Bear, named after President Theodore Roosevelt. One of the earliest stuffed bears, called "Teddy Bear," by the Ideal Toy Company, 1903. It is on view in the National Museum of American History exhibition "The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden."

Washington, D.C.

First Teddy Bear

The story behind this beloved toy—named for Theodore Roosevelt and owned by his grandson—is more complicated than you might guess.

The heavy iron door is unlocked.

Washington, D.C.

Mount Zion Cemetery's Underground Railroad Shelter

People escaping slavery may have hidden inside a corpse vault.

'Navigator'

Norfolk, Virginia

'Navigator'

A sculpture made from recycled materials and hand-blown glass dedicated to transportation and transformation.

Surrender Field

Yorktown, Virginia

Surrender Field

The location where the American Revolution ended.

French Cemetery, Yorktown Battlefield

Yorktown, Virginia

French Cemetery

Mass grave of 50 unidentified French Soldiers who died at the Siege of Yorktown, 1781, that gave victory to the American Revolution.

Clara Barton's Missing Soldiers Office.

Washington, D.C.

Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum

Before founding the American Red Cross, Clara Barton had a tremendous humanitarian impact by locating thousands of missing soldiers.

San Ginés Book Shop

Madrid, Spain

San Ginés Book Shop

This unassuming bookstore in the heart of Madrid is one of the oldest in Spain.

Velasca Tower

Milan, Italy

Torre Velasca (Velasca Tower)

A brutalist gem towering over the heart of Milan.

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