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An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

Experience the glam side of air travel without leaving the ground at this speakeasy.

Surrounded by traditional homes, this Tolkien-esque dwelling stands out on a quiet street in suburban Maryland.

These five Art Deco homes were meant to solve the "small house problem."

Two dozen pinball games hidden away inside a most unlikely location.

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

Named for a Greek oracle that interpreted the words of Zeus, this beautifully-restored manor home was once home to the architect of the Marshall Plan.

Bar full of oddities, specimens, artifacts and homages to the great dime museums of the past.

The preamble to the U.S. Constitution written entirely from vanity license plates hangs in the Smithsonian museum.

A heroic pigeon that, through a barrage of gunfire, delivered a message that saved over 100 lives in World War I.

The district's only illusionarium supports free writing programs for local students with every purchase.

Go take a picture with the inventor of the daguerreotype photographic process.

This restaurant has been a haven for D.C.'s LGBTQ community since the 1950s.

A super-sized promotional trick that is now a D.C. landmark.

A celebrity from the late Cretaceous period.

A rotating cast of guys and dolls in front of a Washington, D.C. building.

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

Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

A secretive collection featuring objects that were designed specifically for U.S. intelligence operations.

A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.

Despite a recent paint job, the factory still sits empty.