Washington, D.C.
The Transportation Walk
Outside the Department of Transportation, a collection of artifacts honors the history of how we get around.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Washington, D.C.
Outside the Department of Transportation, a collection of artifacts honors the history of how we get around.
Boston, Massachusetts
The Boston home of a conductor on the Underground Railroad.
Middletown, Connecticut
This statue honoring the most decorated dog of World War I stands in a Connecticut park.
Harvard, Massachusetts
Utopia and nostalgia mingle at the site of Bronson Alcott's ill-fated agrarian commune.
Hull, Massachusetts
The last remaining attraction from Paragon Park.
Hingham, Massachusetts
Plans for this peninsula included houses, the United Nations Headquarters, and a nuclear power plant. When none of them worked out, it became an expansive park.
Germantown, Maryland
The ruins of an old mill lie in a small ravine along a hiking trail near Little Seneca Creek.
Boston, Massachusetts
American revolutionaries and British soldiers alike are buried here in the fourth-ever cemetery in Boston.
Boston, Massachusetts
The final resting place of the first documented Chinese person in the United States lies in a Boston cemetery.
Bethesda, Maryland
This propitious plastic porcine has been petitioning park visitors to pick up after themselves for more than 50 years.
Clarksburg, Maryland
One of the last schoolhouses constructed in the early 20th-century still standing in Montgomery County.
Clarksburg, Maryland
A well-worn trail through thick woods in northern Montgomery County leads to an old schoolhouse.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
An anonymous art project beneath Longfellow Bridge where hundreds of trophies line the steel support beams.
Contoocook, New Hampshire
The oldest covered railroad bridge still standing in the United States.
Germantown, Maryland
The hidden ruins of a mill that is linked to an attempt to assassinate the vice president of the United States.
Natick, Massachusetts
A small, red building located along a state highway where the 18th Vice President made shoes in his youth.
Walpole, Massachusetts
This clock tower is all that remains of Bird Hall, constructed by one of the founding families of this Massachusetts town.
Kennerdell, Pennsylvania
An abandoned railroad tunnel transformed into a creepy path for hikers and cyclists.
Hillsborough Township, New Jersey
A billionaire heiress' menagerie of animals were lovingly laid to rest on the grounds of her former estate.
North Haven, Connecticut
A once-booming railroad left abandoned next to the Quinnipiac River marshes now intersects with a hiking trail.
Hamden, Connecticut
Amazing views of Long Island Sound can be seen from this mountaintop tower.
West Orange, New Jersey
Take a step into the workshop where Edison and his employees revolutionized the world.
Wildwood, New Jersey
Randy Senna's Fascination and retro arcade is home to the last Fascination game in New Jersey, and one of seven remaining as of 2021.
Bedford, New Hampshire
A humble reminder to Bedford’s past sits hidden in plain sight.