Places Edited by EB Savage

A hidden gem on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.

An unassuming, powerful monument north of the U.S. Capitol bears witness to the resilience of Japanese Americans during a time of grave injustice.

A plaque marking the famous abolitionist's birthplace often overlooked by visitors to the nearby Charles Sumner House.

This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.

Toy museum in a former tavern is the expression of one man's life pursuit of the aesthetic power of cartoon imagery.

Connecticut's shot tower is near the end of its life.

This railroad tunnel was once the longest in Massachusetts.

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.

With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.

No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

One of the oldest baseball fields in continuous use has been hosting games since 1878.

This museum holds a fully-functional replica of the "Turtle," the first American submarine ever built.

Believe It or Not, Ripley once called this chiseled mountainside “New York’s Mount Rushmore”.

This enormous Hindu temple in Queens serves incredible dosas in its basement canteen.

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

Housing the National Women's Party since 1929, this historic house is now a monument to the fight for gender equality.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

According to the experts at the Guinness World's Record office, this is the longest candy counter in the world.

Electronic inventions that resulted in products and systems we use every day are on display in this labor-of-love museum.

An 80-year-old house built out of newspapers.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

This historic park site contains the last remnants of a once bustling canal system.

The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.