Washington, D.C.
D.C. War Memorial
An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Washington, D.C.
Watergate Gas Station
This seemingly out-of-place gas station by the Watergate hotel was once described as the most expensive gas station in the world.
Washington, D.C.
Knife Edge
Architecture lovers won’t stop touching the National Gallery's 19.5 degree marble prow.
Washington, D.C.
Carousel on the National Mall
Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.
Washington, D.C.
U.S. Naval Observatory Library
A hoard of sky catalogs, astrophysical journals, even the works of Galileo and Copernicus.
Washington, D.C.
Memorial to Japanese-American Patriotism in World War II
An unassuming, powerful monument north of the U.S. Capitol bears witness to the resilience of Japanese Americans during a time of grave injustice.
Washington, D.C.
USNO Master Clock
The most accurate timepiece in the world.
Washington, D.C.
Tudor Place
A historic estate packed with George Washington's heirlooms, and its own nuclear bunker.
Washington, D.C.
Albert Einstein Bronze Statue
The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.
Washington, D.C.
National Building Museum
Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.
Washington, D.C.
The Capitol Stones
Enormous piles of historically significant stones, dumped by Congress in a forest, and abandoned for 60 years.
Washington, D.C.
International Spy Museum
Home to items never before seen by the public.
Washington, D.C.
National Capitol Columns
The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.
Washington, D.C.
The Exorcist Stairs
The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.
Athens, Greece
Old Madrasa of Athens
The ruined doorway is a portal to the building's turbulent and torturous past.
Athens, Greece
The Athenian Agora
This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.
Athens, Greece
Tower of the Winds
An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco's Cable Car Museum
Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.
San Francisco, California
The Last Standard Oil Company Gas Station in California
Chevron maintains one “Standard” brand station per state so it doesn’t lose the trademark.
Permanently Closed
San Francisco, California
Museum of Exotica
An invitation-only museum of items natural and bizarre, arcane and exotic.
San Francisco, California
Golden Gate Park Lawn Bowling Club
The oldest lawn bowling club in the United States.
San Francisco, California
Golden Gate Park Vintage Carousel
This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.
San Francisco, California
Janis Joplin Tree
A famous alternative culture epicenter and where Joplin serenaded young hippies.
San Francisco, California
Alvord Lake Bridge
An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.
