Washington, D.C.
Carousel on the National Mall
Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Washington, D.C.
Watergate Gas Station
This seemingly out-of-place gas station by the Watergate hotel was once described as the most expensive gas station in the world.
Permanently Closed
Washington, D.C.
Yenching Palace
The iconic D.C. restaurant where the Cuban Missile Crisis was negotiated, now a Walgreens.
Washington, D.C.
Water Gate at the Watergate Complex
Before Nixon, "watergate" meant canals.
Washington, D.C.
USNO Master Clock
The most accurate timepiece in the world.
Washington, D.C.
Frederick Douglass’s House, Cedar Hill
The famous abolitionist’s preserved estate is one of Washington's finest monuments to its great Black citizens.
Washington, D.C.
FBI Spy House
A painfully obvious spy house sits right across the street from the Russian Embassy.
Washington, D.C.
Fort Reno Park
The only Civil War battle in Washington D.C. took place near this highest natural point in the city.
Mexico City, Mexico
Cine Ópera
This crumbling Art Deco movie palace in Mexico City has been abandoned for two decades.
Mexico City, Mexico
Museo Casa de León Trotsky
A museum in the former home of Marxist revolutionary Leon Trotsky.
Mexico City, Mexico
Condominio Insurgentes
A jewel of the Mexico city skyline now slowly crumbles after surviving an earthquake.
Mexico City, Mexico
Biblioteca Vasconcelos
A jaw-dropping "megalibrary" that turns book-browsing into a geometric adventure.
Mexico City, Mexico
Soumaya Museum
66,000 pieces of art, donated by one of the world's richest men.
Mexico City, Mexico
Santuario Nacional del Angel de la Santa Muerte
A church dedicated to the Mexican skeleton saint.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Saint Louis Cemetery No. 1
The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop
The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.
Spring Green, Wisconsin
House on the Rock
A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.
Los Angeles, California
Bradbury Building
The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.
Las Vegas, Nevada
The Neon Museum
Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.
New York, New York
Mmuseumm
A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."
Los Angeles, California
The Last Bookstore
This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.
Los Angeles, California
The Echo Park Time Travel Mart
Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.
Washington, D.C.
The Exorcist Stairs
The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.
Mexico City, Mexico
Mercado de Sonora
Superstitious? Discover the witchy side of Mexico through its largest esoteric market.
