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32.0806, -81.0946
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Washington, D.C.
USNO Master Clock
The most accurate timepiece in the world.
38.9241, -77.0665
Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania
Kentuck Knob
The house that Frank Lloyd Wright "(shook) out of his sleeve at will" at the age of 86.
39.8692, -79.5197
Mill Run, Pennsylvania
Fallingwater
Frank Lloyd Wright's most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.
39.9060, -79.4663
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Palace of the Governors
The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.
35.6878, -105.9382
St. Francisville, Louisiana
The Disputed Domain of West Florida
The short-lived history of a new republic and British control in West Florida.
30.7881, -91.3768
Washington, D.C.
Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument
Housing the National Women's Party since 1929, this historic house is now a monument to the fight for gender equality.
38.8923, -77.0038
Richmond, Virginia
Hollywood Cemetery
The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.
37.5395, -77.4529
Washington, D.C.
National Capitol Columns
The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.
38.9104, -76.9676
Washington, D.C.
National Bonsai Museum
One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.
38.9120, -76.9687
Lanham, Maryland
NASA Goddard Rocket Garden
A lawn full of retired spacecraft on display at one of NASA's first research labs.
38.9928, -76.8470
Greenbelt, Maryland
Greenbelt Historic District
A relic of FDR's brief foray into utopian urban planning.
39.0006, -76.8805
Washington, D.C.
D.C.'s Underground Bald Cypress Fossils
Four bald cypress trees in Lafayette Square, across from the White House, mark the southern edge of a 100,000 year old cypress swamp.
38.8989, -77.0377
Washington, D.C.
District of Columbia Center Point
A little marble compass above George Washington's (empty) tomb in the Capitol marks where D.C.'s four quadrants intersect.
38.8898, -77.0090
Washington, D.C.
The Portrait Monument
Rumor has it the uncarved lump behind the three famous suffragists is reserved for the first woman president.
38.8900, -77.0090
Washington, D.C.
Senate Corncob Capitals
Corn-inthian columns with a uniquely American take on neoclassical architecture.
38.8902, -77.0090
Washington, D.C.
Mummified Bison
The 28,000-year-old specimen is remarkably intact.
38.8913, -77.0261
Tulare, California
Preston’s Pride
A B-17 bomber stands as a memorial to the residents of Tulare County who served in World War II.
36.1533, -119.3307
Three Rivers, California
Tharp’s Log
A 19th-century cabin built into a hollowed-out Sequoia tree.
36.5604, -118.7428
Sequoia National Park, California
General Sherman
Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).
36.5817, -118.7514
Three Rivers, California
Moro Rock
Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.
36.5442, -118.7652
Bartlesville, Oklahoma
Playtower
A whimsical tower with a spiral staircase, inspired by the Space Age and the Möbius strip.
36.7521, -95.9148
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Golden Driller
The fifth tallest statue in the United States is a shirtless monument to the oil worker.
36.1344, -95.9308
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Boston Avenue Methodist Church
One of the best examples of Art Deco architecture in the United States.
36.1439, -95.9845
Tulsa, Oklahoma
The Center of the Universe
An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause sits in the heart of Tulsa.
36.1569, -95.9915
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