Washington, D.C.
Theodore Roosevelt Island
The national park was once a plantation estate.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Columbus, Ohio
Gavel Sculpture
Just outside the Ohio Supreme Court sits a testament to justice.
Logan, Ohio
The Caves of Hocking Hills State Park
Rare recess caves fill this unbelievably beautiful Ohio park.
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.
Warren, Ohio
David Grohl Alley
This alley-cum-fan gallery in the ex-Nirvana drummer's hometown holds the world's largest drumsticks.
New York, New York
Strawberry Fields Memorial
This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.
New York, New York
Roosevelt Island Tramway
One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.
New York, New York
The High Line
Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.
Columbus, Ohio
Gates of Hell
The entrance to this sinisterly named tunnel hides behind a Tim Hortons.
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus Park of Roses
An unassuming 13-acre park is home to over 12,000 roses.
New York, New York
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace Museum
The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.
New York, New York
The Oldest Fence in New York
Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.
New York, New York
Tom's Restaurant
The "Seinfeld" diner.
Boston, Massachusetts
Rose Kennedy Rose Garden
An easy-to-miss garden in Boston's North End honors the mother of JFK and others who lost children in WWII.
Boston, Massachusetts
Tomb of the Mather Family
The tomb of Increase Mather and his son Cotton, influential colonial ministers obsessed with the occult.
Somerset, Ohio
Old Perry County Courthouse
The nearly 200-year-old building displays a perplexing grammatical error.
Austin, Texas
Congress Bridge Bats
Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.
Arlington, Virginia
Ronald Reagan National Airport's Historic Terminal A
The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.
Washington, D.C.
Fireworks Safety Zone on the National Mall
On the Fourth of July this area will transform into a Pompeii-like storm of falling embers and ash.
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.
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.
D.C. War Memorial
An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.
Washington, D.C.
First FDR Memorial
One of the most influential presidents in U.S. history wanted only this plain, elegant monument as his lasting memorial.
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.
