Places esftripod Wants to Go

One of the largest artillery pieces in the world sits in a Washington D.C. parking lot.

A fantastic array of trays and cables once whisked books over to the Capitol at 600 feet per minute.

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

This poor little statue is the most vandalized memorial in Washington.

A historic ruin just 20 feet away from a busy highway onramp.

This sandwich shop has a century-old elevator behind a sheet of plexiglass.

Once the supplier for noteworthy projects like the National Cathedral, this old brickworks now lies abandoned.

These recently uncovered walls are all that's left of Washington, D.C's first defense contractor.

Cold War intelligence agents monitored communist embassies from an attic in a former pigeon coop.

The famous abolitionist’s preserved estate is one of Washington's finest monuments to its great Black citizens.

An Industrial Revolution-era public work that purified water using nothing but sand.

Government testing at the asylum briefly explored using marijuana as a "truth serum" on Nazi prisoners of war.

People escaping slavery may have hidden inside a corpse vault.

A derelict bit of transportation infrastructure hidden in the woods.

Enormous piles of historically significant stones, dumped by Congress in a forest, and abandoned for 60 years.

Long-abandoned trolley tunnels just a mile away from the White House are turning into an art space.

With over 100 jam-packed rooms to explore plus elaborate tea services and events, the Mansion on O Street is a hidden treasure.

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

Rotting dome home spotted near Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

This airfield is home to a number of retired vintage planes in various states of disrepair.

This historic sunny-yellow building has an unfortunate connection to the sinking of the Titanic.

This 5-by-6-foot wooden hut is the smallest historic post office in the U.S.