Colmar Manor, Maryland
Bladensburg Dueling Grounds
Politicians, bureaucrats, and military officers gathered in this field near the Capitol to settle their disputes with blood.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Annapolis, Maryland
Banneker-Douglass Museum
A Maryland museum dedicated to Black history, housed in a historic church.
Addison, Vermont
Crown Point Bridge
Lake Champlain Bridge, the recently demolished and rebuilt bridge where they filmed "What Lies Beneath".
Buffalo, New York
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
This restored house is like a time capsule of the president's unconventional inauguration.
Bethesda, Maryland
Madonna of the Trail
She stares out across six lanes of traffic, clutching a musket and infant with determination.
Gaithersburg, Maryland
Gaithersburg Latitude Observatory
Tiny observatory made big contributions to the study of the Earth's motion.
London, England
Water Dragons of Kew Gardens
These docile dragons are ideal inhabitants for the conservatory greenhouses.
Payson, Arizona
Camp Verde to Payson Mail Route Memorial
The handsome statue is a tribute to the post riders who traversed 52 miles of tough Arizona terrain.
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
Niagara Falls Floral Clock
This impressive working clock made of 16,000 plants changes its flowers twice a year.
Edison, New Jersey
Menlo Park Lightbulb
A giant light 13 feet high shines near Thomas Edison's old Menlo Park lab.
New York, New York
Shinran Statue
Hiroshima survivor on Riverside Drive.
New York, New York
Nicholas Roerich Museum
This small New York museum celebrates the mountainous artwork of a Russian mystic.
New York, New York
Tom's Restaurant
The "Seinfeld" diner.
New York, New York
Audubon Mural Project
Walking around West Harlem reveals a scavenger hunt of beautiful bird murals.
New York, New York
Studio of Charles Ives
The studio of influential composer Charles Ives is perfectly reconstructed, hidden in the back of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
New York, New York
Antioch Chalice
Once thought to be the fabled Holy Grail, it is now known to be an oil lamp.
New York, New York
Spotlight on Broadway Map
The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.
New York, New York
Paley Park
A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.
New York, New York
Strawberry Fields Memorial
This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.
New York, New York
Crabs of Cleopatra’s Needle
Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.
New York, New York
Henry Bliss Plaque
A memorial to the first person killed by a motor vehicle in the Western Hemisphere.
New York, New York
Unicorn Tapestries at the Cloisters
Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.
New York, New York
The Last Remnants of the Polo Grounds
A crumbling staircase in upper Manhattan is all that remains of one of the most important sites in sports history.
New York, New York
The Morris-Jumel Mansion
The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.
