Places isgoe1976 Wants to Go

Where the U.S. government kept its actual treasure, before Fort Knox.

A little marble compass above George Washington's (empty) tomb in the Capitol marks where D.C.'s four quadrants intersect.

The most accurate timepiece in the world.

Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."

You could be standing at the site of one of D.C.'s most fatal tragedies and not even know it.

A brass plaque dedicated to a convicted cannibal hangs in the National Press Club, and that's not even the craziest part of the story.

An obscure public service from the U.S. government that redeems burnt, moldy, and soiled old greenbacks.

The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

A nostalgic bibliographic gem.

The oldest continuously operating fish market in the United States.

When it opened during the final years of the embargo, all the drinks and cigars were free.

There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.

This lonely waterfront memorial to the men of the Titanic was erected by the "Women of America."

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

The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.

Fifty years after a “blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds,” this idyllic natural area commemorates the carnage.

This too-low North Carolina railroad trestle is still a notorious big rig executioner.

Sojourn to the past at this residence teeming with 1950s memorabilia.

The legacy of baseball great Roberto Clemente is preserved in a retired Pittsburgh fire station.

A portion of the old Pirates stadium over which a defining home run once flew still stands even after the rest of the stadium was torn down.

This public park was the site of the largest civilian disaster of the Civil War.

Once the most painted on object in the world, this short campus fence is well on its way to being so again.

The residents of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe live without much fanfare within the Pittsburgh Children's Museum.

A model of a dinosaur that was named for Andrew Carnegie stands outside the museum that also bears his name.