Mount Airy, North Carolina
Mount Airy
Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Washington, D.C.
Space Window at the Washington National Cathedral
A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.
Washington, D.C.
District of Columbia Center Point
A little marble compass above George Washington's (empty) tomb in the Capitol marks where D.C.'s four quadrants intersect.
Washington, D.C.
Capitol Bollards
The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.
Washington, D.C.
Lincoln Book Tower
A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.
District of Columbia
Darth Vader Grotesque
The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.
Washington, D.C.
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Largest Roman Catholic church in North America.
Washington, D.C.
Catacombs of Washington, D.C.
Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
Longwood Gardens
This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.
West Chester, Pennsylvania
Baldwin's Book Barn
This might just be the TARDIS of bookstores.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Eastern State Penitentiary
The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Wanamaker Grand Court Organ
The sounds of the world's largest fully functioning pipe organ dazzle shoppers at a Philadelphia Macy's.
Washington, D.C.
The Mary Surratt Boarding House
The house where John Wilkes Booth conspired with his co-conspirators.
Arlington, Virginia
Gravelly Point Park
This lovely picnic spot featuring thunderous jet landings is an aircraft spotter’s dream.
Chantilly, Virginia
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
At Washington's Dulles Airport is a satellite museum (no pun intended) with three quarters of a million square feet of aircraft history.
Bristol, Virginia
State Street
One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.
Bluff City, Tennessee
Backyard Terror's Dinosaur Park
A delightful park featuring homemade scale replicas of dinosaurs, tucked away in the Tennessee mountains.
Williamsburg, Kentucky
Cumberland Falls State Park
Moonbows over Kentucky.
Burnsville, North Carolina
Mount Mitchell
The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.
Bryson City, North Carolina
Kuwohi
This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.
Williamstown, Kentucky
Ark Encounter
A theme park featuring a replica of Noah's Ark built to the measurements specified in the Bible.
Florence, Kentucky
Florence Y'all Water Tower
After a water tower painting was accused of being an ad, a simple fix was made that gave the city a motto.
Petersburg, Kentucky
The Creation Museum
A 70,000-square-foot institution dedicated to a very literal, creationist perspective on the Book of Genesis.
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati Yellow Lamps
An obsolete, vanishing traffic device warns Cincinnati drivers away from middle-of-the-road obstructions.
