Places katec8100 Wants to Go

The famous abolitionist’s preserved estate is one of Washington's finest monuments to its great Black citizens.

A stone nook where Frederick Douglass escaped the world to think, read, and write.

One of the three perfect vellum copies of this historic book known to exist is on display in a specially-designed case.

A museum cafe showcases Native American dishes and indigenous ingredients from across the Western Hemisphere.

The discovery site of the "Capitalsaurus," the official dinosaur of Washington, D.C.

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

The country's oldest continually-operated mini golf course lies hidden in plain sight, eclipsed by one of D.C.'s most popular tourist attractions.

The legacy of a wealthy executive and his wife, this little-known art museum features works by Picasso, Monet, Renoir, Cezanne, and more.

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

A heroic pigeon that, through a barrage of gunfire, delivered a message that saved over 100 lives in World War I.

The only female equestrian statue in Washington, D.C. is a 15th-century French heroine.

The final resting place of one of the United States's greatest poets.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.