Falls Church, Virginia
Eden Center
Northern Virginia’s iconic Vietnamese shopping center.
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Washington, D.C.
Joaquin Miller Cabin
A poet’s rustic cabin, rescued from demolition and tucked into Rock Creek’s greenery
Natural Bridge, Virginia
Dinosaur Kingdom II
An alternate history park where the Union Army loses the war... to dinosaurs.
Beech Mountain, North Carolina
Land of Oz Theme Park
A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.
Greenbelt, Maryland
Greenbelt Historic District
A relic of FDR's brief foray into utopian urban planning.
Fredericksburg, Virginia
Meade Pyramid
A monument first built to honor Confederate soldiers now honors their Union opponents.
Washington, D.C.
Washington Mini Monument
There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.
Washington, D.C.
National Capitol Columns
The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.
Boyce, Virginia
Ginkgo Grove Garden
Every autumn, this grove of living fossils erupts in a blaze of brilliant golden-yellow leaves and stinky fruit.
Alexandria, Scotland
Wallabies of Inchconnachan
An eccentric aristocrat brought these Australian natives to their current Scottish home.
Washington, D.C.
Bare-Chested George Washington
Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.
Washington, D.C.
Kilroy Was Here
There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.
Washington, D.C.
Zero Milestone
A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.
