Orono, Maine
Hudson Museum
Largest institutional collection of tomb figures from Western Mexico in the United States.
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Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Arlington, Virginia
George Washington Memorial Parkway
This isn't your average roadway—it's actually a National Park and a transportation pioneer.
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.
Maine Avenue Fish Market
The oldest continuously operating fish market in the United States.
Washington, D.C.
International Spy Museum
Home to items never before seen by the public.
Washington, D.C.
Knife Edge
Architecture lovers won’t stop touching the National Gallery's 19.5 degree marble prow.
Washington, D.C.
Watergate Steps
Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."
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.
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.
Secret Entrance to the White House
The winding route passes through an enclosed alleyway, two tunnels, and leads to the White House basement.
New York, New York
Hallett Nature Sanctuary
Long the exclusive domain of birds and vagabonds, this little-known Central Park peninsula is open to the public once more.
New York, New York
Abandoned 18th Street Subway Station
This abandoned subway station can still be seen on regular commuter trips.
New York, New York
Union Square Metronome
The most confusing clock in New York.
Sutton, Massachusetts
Purgatory Chasm
This evocatively named natural crevasse was created by a torrent of water that smashed right through a granite deposit.
Webster, Massachusetts
Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg
It's not a typo, now say it five times fast!
Newport, Rhode Island
Newport Tower
Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.
Warwick, Rhode Island
Danger Bridge
Despite the name, this narrow bridge isn't very dangerous at all.
Providence, Rhode Island
Nori the Dragon
A giant green dragon crawls down from the roof of the Providence Children's Museum.
Westerly, Rhode Island
Flying Horse Carousel
One of the oldest carousels in the United States is still running in the coastal village of Watch Hill.
Newport, Rhode Island
Hunter House
The first newspaper printed by an expeditionary force was published in this colonial mansion.
Jamestown, Rhode Island
'Moonrise Kingdom' Beach
The secluded beach getaway from Wes Anderson's dreamy summer romance.
Permanently Closed
Shartlesville, Pennsylvania
Roadside America
An indoor miniature village and labor of love for Laurence Geiringer, a model railroad enthusiast.
North Bennington, Vermont
Jennings Hall
The building that inspired Shirley Jackson's "The Haunting of Hill House."
Permanently Closed
East Haddam, Connecticut
Sunrise Resort
An abandoned 146-acre summer resort slowly being reclaimed by nature.
