The national park was once a plantation estate.

An oft-overlooked, magically musical monolith that stands majestically between Arlington Cemetery and the Iwo Jima Memorial.

Parking garage where Bob Woodward met Watergate source "Deep Throat."

This church built atop a gas station promises to "equip you for the next stage in your life’s journey."

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

This unique historical monument features large concrete spheres designed to resemble fallen stars.

The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.

This historic train depot transports visitors to an early 20th-century world before desegregation

A battleship’s mast sits atop a turret-like memorial, commemorating those who lost their lives in one of the precipitating events of the Spanish-American War.

The Pentagon sits on a former island that was in Virginia at low tide and D.C. at high tide.

This lovely picnic spot featuring thunderous jet landings is an aircraft spotter’s dream.

A whopping 14,000 copper coins cover this miniature fighter jet.

The former home of Dr. E.B. Henderson, also known as the "Father of Black Basketball."

Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.

Next to Salt Lake City's Assembly Hall stands a tribute to some unlikely heroes of early Mormon settlers.

The word "Watergate" will forever be associated with the infamous scandal in 1972, but this fountain is famous in its own right.

A unique post-modern public space in the middle of the Warehouse District in New Orleans.

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

A 19th-century Gothic, castle-like statehouse by the Mississippi River.

This sculpture may be the only known depiction of a man who helped finance the American Revolution and inadvertently created the dollar sign.

This free sculpture garden is home to over 90 artworks and installations from artists around the world.

This dollhouse-sized art museum features creations from local artists.

Come for the 14-foot-long taxidermy alligator. Stay for the mini costumed gators shooting pool.

If New Orleans is the birthplace of the "cocktail," why does their own museum of cocktail memorabilia beg to differ?