Springfield, Illinois
Abraham Lincoln's Receiving Vault
The original vault that held the president's remains still stands, empty, not far from where he was finally buried.
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Springfield, Illinois
The original vault that held the president's remains still stands, empty, not far from where he was finally buried.
Washington, D.C.
A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.
Washington, D.C.
The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.
Washington, D.C.
An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.
Washington, D.C.
There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.
Washington, D.C.
Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.
Alexandria, Virginia
The final resting place of an unidentified revolutionary soldier sits behind a Virginia church.
Ouidah, Benin
Dozens of snakes are housed and worshipped within the walls of this Vodun temple.
Ouidah, Benin
A monument to the more than one million enslaved Africans deported from the port of Ouidah.
Cotonou, Benin
Africa's Venice on stilts.
Lome, Togo
The Voodoo Superstore of the world.
Sausalito, California
Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.
San Rafael, California
Frank Lloyd Wright died a year before construction on his largest public project even began.
Arcadia, Oklahoma
The future of roadside attractions is this sci-fi soda mecca that is home to a 66-foot tall neon pop bottle.
Arcadia, Oklahoma
This unusually circular centenarian barn became a Route 66 icon.
Arcadia, Oklahoma
Along the historic Mother Road is an old gas station with a secret counterfeiting past.
Kansas City, Missouri
Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.
Kansas City, Missouri
This recently restored timepiece has stood all around Kansas City.
Kansas City, Missouri
The famous greeting card maker owns a collection of paintings by the famed surrealist.
Murfreesboro, Arkansas
The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.
Bentonville, Arkansas
A home designed to be on the cutting edge of comfortable, low-cost living.
Picher, Oklahoma
This former mining town was named the most toxic town in America.
Bartlesville, Oklahoma
An oil baron's wild paradise and the winner of an ill-fated air race.
Catoosa, Oklahoma
Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.