Washington, D.C.
Sweet Home Cafe
This unique museum cafeteria showcases the history and regional diversity of African American cuisine.
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Washington, D.C.
This unique museum cafeteria showcases the history and regional diversity of African American cuisine.
Washington, D.C.
A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.
Frederick, Maryland
Rumors persist that a bottle of whiskey is sealed within this Demijohn-shaped adornment.
Fort Meade, Maryland
A remote horde of architectural treasures fit for Indiana Jones.
Annapolis, Maryland
A Maryland museum dedicated to Black history, housed in a historic church.
Annapolis, Maryland
This 16-foot, intricately detailed model of the Gearing-class destroyer has been called the most detailed model ship ever built.
South Bristol, Maine
For nearly 200 years the same family has harvested ice from a small pond in eastern Maine.
Apalachicola, Florida
Of course the guy with the first patent for an ice machine lived in Florida.
San Francisco, California
A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.
Lowell charter Township, Michigan
This observatory comes complete with three separate telescopes and a dedicated community of amateur and expert astronomers.
Williams Bay, Wisconsin
Home to the world's largest refracting telescope and the birthplace of modern astrophysics.
Jayuya, Puerto Rico
This niche museum devoted to ancient religious artifacts is shaped like the very thing it displays.
Culebra, Puerto Rico
Rusting, graffiti-covered tanks litter the beach of this island, once used by the U.S. military for target practice.
Ponce, Puerto Rico
This museum preserves the heyday of Puerto Rican coffee.
Richmond, Virginia
This beautiful vintage movie palace has seen little change in form or function since the 1920s.
Williamsburg, Virginia
This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.
Williamsburg, Virginia
Dine like an American revolutionary at Colonial Williamsburg.
Virginia Beach, Virginia
The home of pigs, snakes, chameleons, and the alleged largest bunny in the United States.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
This old residential building was once the largest flour mill in the world.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
After the musical legend's death, his memorial was mysteriously graffitied in gold.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
A Building for Your (Former) Funerary Needs.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
One of two giant blue cockerel statues erected with an intentional double meaning.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.
Orrtanna, Pennsylvania
An almost life-sized elephant named Ms. Ellie greets visitors at this jumbo-themed museum.