Places jordank Wants to Go

The only place for a truly presidential dram.

This stately building in Alexandria, Virginia was built by Freemasons to honor one of their most famous members.

This colonial tavern played host to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other famous early Americans.

Two dozen pinball games hidden away inside a most unlikely location.

A diminutive plaque recalls the treetop sniper who almost killed Abe Lincoln.

Berkeley Springs State Park boasts the nation's only monument commemorating presidential bathing.

Glasgow's memorial to the International Brigade volunteers from Great Britain who fought and died in the Spanish Civil War.

This one-room cabin where the young colonel slept during the French and Indian War.

An allegorical sculpture in Maryland wears the artist’s politics on its trunk.

A tribute to the beloved, kind-hearted "homeless mayor" of Silver Spring.

Giant acorn-shaped 19th century gazebo from which suburban Washingtonians gazed upon the original "silver" spring.

A girls' boarding school inspired by the Chicago World's Fair, once abandoned, now restored to strange and scenic glory.

This historic lavatory leftover features two levels of defecation stations completely without context.

The mysterious white squirrels of this Illinois city are treated like sacred cows.

A hard-to-reach oasis in a desolate corner of Death Valley National Park.

Today this bizarre rooftop phone booth seems like a piece of kitsch but it was once used to spot disastrous storms.

Rumor has it the hot dog stand was targeted by two Russian nuclear missiles.

The tragic reality of a village riddled with rumors of haunts, chemical spills, and serial killers.

These steps offer a breathtaking view of one of Europe's most besieged fortresses.

The obelisk meant to mark the founding father's grave at Monticello is actually on the University of Missouri campus.

A gem in the small Missouri town where Winston Churchill coined the term "Iron Curtain" and effectively began the Cold War.

This otherworldly church spire reaches up toward the heavens.

A museum celebrating the Victorian obsession with hair art.

A remarkably opulent mansion with a tragic history.