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Places I've been

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Assateague Island

Berlin, Maryland

Assateague Island

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

Misty's taxidermy body at the Museum of Chincoteague.

Chincoteague Island, Virginia

Misty of Chincoteague

The taxidermy remains of the most popular pony in children's literature.

Late-model Grave Digger on display at the Digger's Dungeon.

Poplar Branch, North Carolina

Grave Digger's Dungeon

The Cadillac Ranch for monster truck aficionados.

Monument to a Century of Flight.

Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

Monument to a Century of Flight

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

Jockey's Ridge

Nags Head, North Carolina

Jockey's Ridge

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

Salem Witch Board Museum

Salem, Massachusetts

Salem Witch Board Museum

A museum dedicated exclusively to the lore and history of ouija boards.

You'll never unsee it now.

Washington, D.C.

Washington Monument Marble Stripe

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

Einstein at the National Academy of Sciences

Washington, D.C.

Albert Einstein Bronze Statue

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

The bricked up sections are still clearly visible

Arlington, Virginia

Pentagon Taxi Tunnels Stubs

The Pentagon is so large that it was planned like a city, complete with internal highway infrastructure.

The original hot dog stand, shuttered in 2006
Permanently Closed

Arlington, Virginia

Pentagon Hot Dog Stand

Rumor has it the hot dog stand was targeted by two Russian nuclear missiles.

Gravelly Point Park

Arlington, Virginia

Gravelly Point Park

This lovely picnic spot featuring thunderous jet landings is an aircraft spotter’s dream.

The footbridge to the island.

Washington, D.C.

Theodore Roosevelt Island

The national park was once a plantation estate.

Abandoned Drawbridge Control Room

Washington, D.C.

Abandoned Drawbridge Control Room

The hidden offices underneath Memorial Bridge have been locked up since 1976.

The Watergate Steps.

Washington, D.C.

Watergate Steps

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

Lincoln Memorial Undercroft

Washington, D.C.

Lincoln Memorial Undercroft

A cavernous three-story, 43,800-square-foot basement that was forgotten about for 60 years.

Wall behind soldiers.

Washington, D.C.

The K-9 of the Korean War Veterans Memorial

Those with a sharp eye can find the hidden image of a German Shepherd on the memorial's Mural Wall.

Just before sunrise

Washington, D.C.

D.C. War Memorial

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

Mount Trashmore

Virginia Beach, Virginia

Mount Trashmore

Scenic mount trashmore, Virginia Beach's most curious waterfront still has a couple of secrets.

Jeffrey City Ghost Town
Permanently Closed

Jeffrey City, Wyoming

Jeffrey City Ghost Town

This mining town boomed in the Atomic Age when uranium was gold, only to be abandoned when the industry collapsed.

Cell blocks at the Wyoming Frontier Prison Museum.

Rawlins, Wyoming

Wyoming Frontier Prison Museum

This prison-turned-museum is a remnant of the Old West's grizzly, violent past.

Fossil Bone Cabin

Medicine Bow, Wyoming

Fossil Bone Cabin

A century-old cabin off of Highway 30 touts an unusual construction material: dinosaur bones.

Former World's Largest Jackalope

Douglas, Wyoming

Former World's Largest Jackalope

This Wyoming town is fascinated by a particular mythical creature.

Bar Nunn Welcome Sign, with its symbol based on the runways

Bar Nunn, Wyoming

Bar Nunn

A small town built on an abandoned airfield has former runways as streets and a bar and grill in an old airplane hangar.

Devil’s Gate (Wyoming)

Alcova, Wyoming

Devil’s Gate (Wyoming)

A devilishly named gorge that was a sign of salvation for many pioneers.

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