These concrete crustaceans are actually public restrooms.

A charmingly old-fashioned reminder of the historic building's former life.

This work of art by Matthew Mazzotta resides in this park dedicated to the first black legislator in Idaho.

The largest outdoor art gallery in the Northwest United States.

A small section of Boise, Idaho maintains the unique culture and traditions of the Basque people.

These falls, sometimes called the "Niagara of the West," still put on a good show at the right time of year.

Where the famed daredevil attempted to launch himself across a canyon in a custom-built rocket.

A former gold rush boomtown has managed to stay in business for over 100 ramshackle years.

For 60 years, the academy had no permanent location until members voted Washington D.C. as its forever home.

The tunnel under the Capitol Building where Congress takes out its trash.

A line of blue paint marks the route of the inaugural parade.

Corn-inthian columns with a uniquely American take on neoclassical architecture.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.

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

Light bulbs, scrap wood, and tinfoil comprise this homemade throne of the gods.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

A celebrity from the late Cretaceous period.

The national park was once a plantation estate.

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

The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.

The most decorated dog of World War I is preserved in the Smithsonian.

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

The walls of the iconic dome are hollow and have a secret stairway.