Places Jenisaur Wants to Go

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

Home to two notable early-20th-century Black educators, Lucy Slowe and Mary Burrill.

This historic building is now home to the Public Access Corporation for the District of Columbia.

An overlooked oasis of quiet on the grounds of Washington's monumental basilica.

One of the first Second Empire-style buildings constructed in North America.

A memorial to a shareholder activist feared by CEOs around the United States.

A haunting tribute to pioneering photographer Clover Adams.

Giant acorn-shaped 19th century gazebo from which suburban Washingtonians gazed upon the original "silver" spring.

Live data is transmitted from the Atlantic coast to instantly recreate the ocean waves in this fountain at the NOAA headquarters.

Built in 1945, this historic train station has a new lease on life with its baggage area serving as an event space.

Residing quietly in suburban Maryland, this tree has a star-powered history and was grown from a seed that journeyed to space on Apollo 14.

FDR's Art Deco hospital tower was hopelessly inefficient.

The headquarters of the Audubon Naturalist Society is a small slice of heaven for nature lovers.

The wooded estate of the Forest Service employee responsible for D.C.’s cherry blossom trees.

Hidden within an idyllic suburban garden is a memorial dedicated to the victims of a terrifying spree of killings committed on U.S. soil.

Press 1 for knock-knock jokes.

A benevolent, 16-foot-tall river dragon lives on a suburban lawn.

Concerned residents saved this historic house and garden from demolition.

The rooster who crossed the road lives on forever in Takoma Park, Maryland.

An old pay phone rewired to play local bird calls and songs at the press of a button.

These five Art Deco homes were meant to solve the "small house problem."

Dogs, cats, horses, monkeys, frogs, and fish are laid to rest at the second-oldest pet cemetery in the U.S.

Walk a trail through a historic Quaker town that outlawed slavery in 1777 and was a major waypoint on the Underground Railroad.

This general store has stood in the same spot for well over a century.