Places Dapper Dan 9 Wants to Go

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

This eye-catching sculpture of rural life seems a bit out of place at a suburban intersection in front of a car dealership.

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

Senators used to relax in the nearly forgotten marble tubs now hidden in the U.S. Capitol Building's basement.

Corn-inthian columns with a uniquely American take on neoclassical architecture.

Legend has it that President Grant’s frequent drinking in the lobby gave rise to the term “lobbyist.”

Sit where JFK proposed to Jackie or where Nixon dined on meatloaf at this storied pub.

A historic estate packed with George Washington's heirlooms, and its own nuclear bunker.

A diminutive memorial marks the site of a successful assassination by a right-wing death squad in America's capital.

This bridge over D.C.'s Rock Creek Park is sometimes called the "Buffalo Bridge" because of its four buffalo sculptures, which were cast from a single piece of bronze.

Behind an abandoned storefront is an example of pioneering 1930s gas station architecture.

The remains of a historic plantation nestled in between a parking lot and the rental car return at Reagan National Airport.

A section in the cemetery mostly for circus performers, including victims of the famous 1918 Hammond Circus train wreck.

The world's oldest soul food restaurant is also one of its best.

A historic neighborhood church is reborn as a psychedelic arts collective.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

An extensive, if one-sided, history of U.S. law enforcement's war on drugs.

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

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

The last remaining location of a drive-up hot dog stand named after a local pool shark.

The geographic center point of the Golden State.

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

A water tower shaped like a giant coffee pot looms over a small Swedish village in Central California.

A creepy steel gremlin has protected the Bay Bridge since 1989.