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The district's only illusionarium supports free writing programs for local students with every purchase.

"Congress may voluntarily remain in session throughout the summer, in order that our Congressmen may be protected from the intolerable discomforts and dangers of the ordinary outdoor weather!”

Before Metro, Washington had a robust streetcar network—and you see the remains of this infrastructure if you know where to look.

In the basement of the U.S. Capitol Building is a hidden storage room full of ornate floor tiles leftover from the 1850s.

The span is crooked and made from two older recycled bridges.

A brass plaque dedicated to a convicted cannibal hangs in the National Press Club, and that's not even the craziest part of the story.

This leafy estate is worth $18 million and is so grand it has two mailing addresses.

A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.

Continental Europe's only museum devoted to salt and pepper shakers features more than 20,000 designs.

A solitary lighthouse in Spain was an inspiration to the great Jules Verne.

This remarkable museum sprung from one of the most important prehistoric archaeological sites in the world.

A somewhat mysterious biomedical museum housed inside a Spanish university.

This amended headstone marks the grave of a participant in one of the most successful military deceptions of all time.

An eccentric collection of antique items shares space with a prop-quality witchcraft museum.

Moorish signal station on a stratgic rocky outcrop.

This Funeral Hearse Museum represents the finest in cadaver transportation.

A Spanish town built into the cliffs.

Giant eggs, walls of bread, and nightmare surreality mark the largest collection of works by Salvador Dalí.

Turntable anonymously received orphans, alms, and groceries.

This former Baroque palace on the historic Calle Montcada is a rare architectural gem and was once the meeting place of an aristocratic scholarly society.

Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.

Enigmatic tombs and cave dwellings on the outskirts of a rural village.

This prison on the Maltese island of Gozo is almost 500 years old, and they have the graffiti to prove it.

This Stone Age solar temple aligns with the sun on each equinox and solstice.