A relic of FDR's brief foray into utopian urban planning.

The saga of the massive nut begins and ends in Texas.

This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

This pun was simply waiting to come to life, and one defense contractor made it so.

Where pardoned turkeys once spent their all-too-brief final days.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.

A secluded art gallery hidden within the cellars beneath Tallinn’s medieval monastery.

The sculptor was instructed to add “stallion attributes” to the general's bronze mare.

There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.

A tribute to the Polish insurgents who fought in the failed attempt to end their city's Nazi occupation.

There's nothing shrimpy about the world's largest artificial prawn.

This dig site outside D.C. is known for its exceptionally high density of baby dinosaur fossils and dinosaur eggs.

Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.

This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.

The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.

Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

An extraordinary library and archive dedicated to the history of the Arctic and Antarctic poles.

The Cambridge pub where Francis Crick announced that he and James Watson had discovered the DNA double-helix.

The world's oldest continuously operating airport was founded by the Wright Brothers.