Dallas, Texas
'Eye' Sculpture
This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.
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Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Brooklyn, New York
West 8th Street - NY Aquarium Subway Station
New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.
North Kingstown, Rhode Island
Gilbert Stuart Birthplace
The idyllic colonial home of the artist behind the famous portraits of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.
New Bedford, Massachusetts
The Lagoda
The New Bedford Whaling Museum in Massachusetts displays what it calls the world's largest ship model.
New Shoreham, Rhode Island
Southeast Lighthouse
An architecturally unique lighthouse that had to be lifted up and moved to avoid falling in the sea.
Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Old Sturbridge Village
The largest living museum in the Northeast recreates life from the Early Republic period complete with costumed historians and reenactors.
Northampton, Massachusetts
Restroom Works of Art
Two artist-designed restrooms are part of the collection at the Smith College Museum of Art.
Québec City, Québec
Musee du Fort
A 400-square foot model of historic Quebec is the playing field for a state of the art light and sound show.
Richmond, Virginia
The Triple Crossing
Where three rails and three centuries of transportation meet.
Yorktown, Virginia
Cornwallis’ Cave
A small cave with a larger-than-life legend.
Williamsburg, Virginia
The Archaearium
This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.
Newport News, Virginia
The Mariner's Museum and Park
The maritime museum that boasts the largest nautical library in the western hemisphere.
Hampton, Virginia
Emancipation Oak
This tree is a living witness to the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement.
Norfolk, Virginia
Martin Luther King Jr Memorial
An 83-foot tall granite obelisk honors the legacy of Dr. King in the heart of Norfolk's Black community.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments Mark I
This massive World War II calculator hearkens back to the days when "computer" was a job title.
Dallas, Texas
Klyde Warren Park
A city park that sits on top of a freeway.
Groton, Connecticut
Submarine Force Museum
The US Navy's only submarine museum is also home to the world's first nuclear submarine.
Juneau, Alaska
Patsy Ann Statue
Known as the “Official Greeter of Juneau,” this dog still welcomes ships and their passengers to Alaska.
Juneau, Alaska
Aquilean Whale Tail Sculptures
A whale of a public art display towers atop Juneau's cruise ship dock.
Juneau, Alaska
Treadwell Ruins
The ruins of this Alaska gold mine form a gorgeous ghost town.
Washington, D.C.
Old Stone House
The oldest building in the District of Columbia was preserved because of a mistaken connection to George Washington.
Washington, D.C.
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Largest Roman Catholic church in North America.
Washington, D.C.
Owney the Postal Dog
A traveling postal dog covered 48 states and more than 140,000 miles, and he lives on as taxidermy, patched up with a rabbit's foot and a pig's ear.
Washington, D.C.
Ben's Chili Bowl Mural
A gorgeous mural outside a beloved D.C. restaurant pays homage to famous Black Americans.
