Bronx, New York
Cafe al Mercato
Seriously good slices of Sicilian pizza lurk at the back of the Bronx's oldest enclosed market.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Bronx, New York
Seriously good slices of Sicilian pizza lurk at the back of the Bronx's oldest enclosed market.
Providence, Rhode Island
This 3,500 pound obelisk was constructed with more than 1,000 reclaimed guns.
Boston, Massachusetts
A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.
Québec City, Québec
This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.
Québec City, Québec
This steep cable railway has been hoisting passengers in the heart of Québec City for over a century.
Kittery, Maine
Despite its extensive history, this fort saw little to no combat.
Elmira, New York
The wooden octagon in which Huckleberry Finn and A Connecticut Yankee were born can still be visited in upstate New York.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Yo, Adrian!
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Instruments, apparatus, and rare books all relating to chemistry and its related sciences.
Fort Worth, Texas
A Texas museum filled with Broncos and Betties.
Fort Worth, Texas
A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.
Fort Worth, Texas
The man who wasn't there.
Halethorpe, Maryland
A winding district gerrymandered into the shape of a mantis.
Silver Spring, Maryland
The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.
Silver Spring, Maryland
An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.
Kensington, Maryland
The tallest The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple in the world soars above the Beltway.
Oxon Hill, Maryland
The 72-foot giant escaped confinement in a large patch of mulch only to be reburied in the sandy shores of the Potomac River.
Washington, D.C.
The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.
Washington, D.C.
A gorgeous mural outside a beloved D.C. restaurant pays homage to famous Black Americans.
Washington, D.C.
The first memorial dedicated solely to the Black troops who fought for the Union.
Washington, D.C.
Long-abandoned trolley tunnels just a mile away from the White House are turning into an art space.
Washington, D.C.
A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.
District of Columbia
The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.