Port Royal, Virginia
Assassin's End
The Virginia farm where John Wilkes Booth met his grisly end is now largely forgotten.
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Stewartstown, Pennsylvania
Rehmeyer's Hollow
The Home and murder site of the witch of Rehmeyers Hollow.
Shepherdstown, West Virginia
Birthplace of the Steamboat
A monument marks the location of the first successful steamboat demonstration.
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
John Brown's Fort
The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.
Baltimore, Maryland
Fell Family Cemetery
Wedged between two sets of row houses is an awkwardly located family graveyard.
Broad Run, Virginia
Ruins of the Chapman Beverley Mill
This pre-Revolutionary War grist mill ground corn and flour for soldiers in seven American wars.
Permanently Closed
Ellicott City, Maryland
Enchanted Forest Theme Park
Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.
Bowie, Maryland
National Capital Radio & Television Museum
The development and impact of electronic media showcased in a picturesque farmhouse in Maryland.
Suitland-Silver Hill, Maryland
Cedar Hill Cemetery
A historic cemetery filled with quirky faux wood art and unique tombstones.
Washington, D.C.
Sharpshooter's Tree
A diminutive plaque recalls the treetop sniper who almost killed Abe Lincoln.
Washington, D.C.
Capitol Building Tunnel System
Members of Congress have traveled between the buildings on Capitol Hill for a century hidden from tourists, press, and storm clouds.
Washington, D.C.
Howard Theatre
Through the decades, Black music stars have performed at this historic hub for music and the arts.
Washington, D.C.
National Building Museum
Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.
Washington, D.C.
Bare-Chested George Washington
Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.
Washington, D.C.
NIST Newton Apple Tree
A clone of a cloned tree that was so important it allegedly had its own guards.
Washington, D.C.
Embassy Gulf Service Center
Behind an abandoned storefront is an example of pioneering 1930s gas station architecture.
Arlington, Virginia
Abingdon Plantation Ruins
The remains of a historic plantation nestled in between a parking lot and the rental car return at Reagan National Airport.
Washington, D.C.
Lincoln Memorial Undercroft
A cavernous three-story, 43,800-square-foot basement that was forgotten about for 60 years.
Washington, D.C.
Watergate Steps
Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."
District of Columbia
Darth Vader Grotesque
The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.
Washington, D.C.
Water Gate at the Watergate Complex
Before Nixon, "watergate" meant canals.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Civil War Tails at the Homestead Diorama Museum
A diorama of the Civil War, fought by cats.
Permanently Closed
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Gettysburg Dime Museum
This recreation of a 19th-century dime museum is full of oddities.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
Mothman Museum
A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.
