Washington, D.C.
USS Missouri Model Ship
The U.S. Navy’s preposterously detailed mini battleship took 77,000 hours to complete.
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Washington, D.C.
USS Balao Conning Tower
Part of a WWII submarine is lurking outside the Washington Navy Yard parking lot.
Silver Spring, Maryland
Acorn Park
Giant acorn-shaped 19th century gazebo from which suburban Washingtonians gazed upon the original "silver" spring.
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.
Sheridan, Illinois
Norsk Museum
This church doubles a museum dedicated to Norwegian heritage.
New York, New York
New York Herald Monument
There are owls with glowing eyes in Herald Square.
New York, New York
Giant Needle and Button
There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...
New York, New York
Macy's Wooden Escalators
A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.
New York, New York
New Yorker Hotel
The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.
Rhinebeck, New York
Wilderstein Mansion
The life of one of FDR's possible mistresses is preserved in her palatial Hudson Valley mansion.
New Paltz, New York
Huguenot Street
The oldest continuously inhabited street in America.
Kingston, New York
Four Corners
The only intersection in America where the buildings on all four corners were built pre-Revolutionary War.
Kingston, New York
Lite Brite Neon Studio
Neon signs that grace the windows of Bergdorf Goodman's and Tiffany & Co. come from this studio in Brooklyn.
Hyde Park, New York
The Hyde Park Vanderbilt Mansion
"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."
Menands, New York
Albany Rural Cemetery
The final resting place of President Chester A. Arthur and hundreds of others from Revolutionary War soldiers to poets, politicians, and painters.
West Point, New York
Margaret Corbin's Grave
West Point’s only monument to a woman veteran stands above an empty grave.
West Chester, Pennsylvania
Baldwin's Book Barn
This might just be the TARDIS of bookstores.
New York, New York
One Times Square
This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.
Staten Island, New York
Remains of Fort Wadsworth
Once America's longest-manned military fort, now an abandoned hulk.
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
Cats of Longwood Gardens
These lush botanical gardens employ the most purrfect pest control force.
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
Longwood Gardens
This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.
Albany, New York
The First Shaker Village
The first American home of the isolated, egalitarian religion has a trove of Shaker architecture and artifacts.
Cohoes, New York
Site of the Cohoes Mastodon
A 13,000-year-old mastodon skeleton was found during the construction of a 19th-century New York mill.
Troy, New York
First Baptist Church of Troy
This historic church with a connection to "Uncle Sam" is now a fraternity house.
