Washington, D.C.
Georgetown Waterfront
The little-known, 300-year history of the area includes former lives as a bustling tobacco port, parking lot, and industrial dump.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
London, England
Henry VIII Gatehouse Statue
London's only public statue of the much-married monarch adorns the gate to St Bartholomew’s Hospital.
London, England
Traitors' Gate
The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.
London, England
Polly at Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese
The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.
London, England
Earl's Court Police Box
The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.
London, England
The Navigators
Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.
London, England
The First Public Drinking Fountain
Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.
London, England
Highgate Cemetery
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
KattenKabinet
Cat art as far as the eye can see.
Washington, D.C.
Martha, the Last Passenger Pigeon
The remains of Martha, the last known passenger pigeon, serve as a tool to educate about conservation.
Washington, D.C.
Knife Edge
Architecture lovers won’t stop touching the National Gallery's 19.5 degree marble prow.
Washington, D.C.
Man Controlling Trade
A muscular Art Deco monument represents the struggle between regulators and unbridled markets.
Washington, D.C.
St. Elizabeths Hospital
Government testing at the asylum briefly explored using marijuana as a "truth serum" on Nazi prisoners of war.
Washington, D.C.
Arizona Avenue Trestle
The span is crooked and made from two older recycled bridges.
Permanently Closed
Washington, D.C.
The Unabomber's Cabin
It was once the base for a series of domestic terror attacks.
Washington, D.C.
The Dupont Underground
Long-abandoned trolley tunnels just a mile away from the White House are turning into an art space.
Washington, D.C.
Capitol Bollards
The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.
Washington, D.C.
D.C. War Memorial
An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.
Washington, D.C.
The Lockkeeper's House
A derelict bit of infrastructure from the canal that once ran through D.C. is landlocked in the heart of the city.
Washington, D.C.
The Tabulating Machine Co.
The early data processor factory founded in Washington for the 1890 U.S. Census went on to become IBM.
Washington, D.C.
Theodore Roosevelt Island
The national park was once a plantation estate.
Washington, D.C.
The Portrait Monument
Rumor has it the uncarved lump behind the three famous suffragists is reserved for the first woman president.
Washington, D.C.
Tudor Place
A historic estate packed with George Washington's heirlooms, and its own nuclear bunker.
Washington, D.C.
National Building Museum
Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.
