Margate City, New Jersey
Lucy the Elephant
Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."
Places Debby Morris Wants to Go
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
The Doors of Fame
These old doors are covered in the signatures of Rehoboth Beach artists dating back to the 1930s.
Kernersville, North Carolina
Körner’s Folly
Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.
High Point, North Carolina
High Point Chest of Drawers
A six-foot pair of socks hangs from a drawer of the world's largest bureau.
Washington, D.C.
Capital Transit Co. Streetcar Barn
Before Metro, Washington had a robust streetcar network—and you see the remains of this infrastructure if you know where to look.
Washington, D.C.
Congressional Garbage Tunnel
The tunnel under the Capitol Building where Congress takes out its trash.
Washington, D.C.
White House Helipad
Disks are rolled out onto the south lawn to absorb the impact of Marine One's wheels like giant coffee coasters.
Washington, D.C.
George Washington's Townhouse Lots
After his presidency, George Washington planned to live only a few blocks from the Capitol building.
Washington, D.C.
Freezing Newsmen Plaque
A small token of gratitude from freezing cold journalists who were given a warm haven while covering JFK's inauguration.
Washington, D.C.
Washington Aqueduct Emergency Pumping Station
These abandoned waterworks are crumbling into the Potomac River.
Washington, D.C.
State Department Protocol Gift Office
They sort through millions of dollars worth of diplomatic gifts on behalf of the government.
Washington, D.C.
FDR's Bomb Shelter
The first presidential bomb shelter was located in an old vault under the Treasury, connected to the White House via tunnel.
Washington, D.C.
Glenwood Cemetery's Chainsaw Sculptures
The towering figures were created from the cemetery's fallen old-growth trees.
Washington, D.C.
Capitol Tile Room
In the basement of the U.S. Capitol Building is a hidden storage room full of ornate floor tiles leftover from the 1850s.
Washington, D.C.
Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument
Housing the National Women's Party since 1929, this historic house is now a monument to the fight for gender equality.
Williamsburg, Virginia
Virginia Musical Museum
Home to the organ played at General MacArthur's funeral.
Boston, Massachusetts
Mapparium Globe
An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.
Gerlach, Nevada
Fly Geyser
A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.
Page, Arizona
Antelope Canyon
Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.
Marble Canyon, Arizona
The Wave
Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.
New York, New York
Roosevelt Island Smallpox Hospital Ruins
A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.
Boston, Massachusetts
Museum of Bad Art
Museum dedicated to awful artwork.
Green Valley, Arizona
Titan Missile Museum
America's only nuclear missile silo open to the public.
Norman, Oklahoma
Pentaceratops Skull
The largest land animal skull ever discovered.
