Washington, D.C.
FBI Spy House
A painfully obvious spy house sits right across the street from the Russian Embassy.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Washington, D.C.
The Kreeger Museum
The legacy of a wealthy executive and his wife, this little-known art museum features works by Picasso, Monet, Renoir, Cezanne, and more.
Washington, D.C.
General Sheridan's Horse Rienzi Winchester
This taxidermy horse was a Civil War hero.
Washington, D.C.
First Teddy Bear
The story behind this beloved toy—named for Theodore Roosevelt and owned by his grandson—is more complicated than you might guess.
Washington, D.C.
Maine Avenue Fish Market
The oldest continuously operating fish market in the United States.
Permanently Closed
Washington, D.C.
The Unabomber's Cabin
It was once the base for a series of domestic terror attacks.
Washington, D.C.
Fireworks Safety Zone on the National Mall
On the Fourth of July this area will transform into a Pompeii-like storm of falling embers and ash.
Washington, D.C.
D.C. War Memorial
An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.
Washington, D.C.
Cuban-American Friendship Urn
The only National Monument ever to go missing for nearly 50 years then resurface in a dump.
Permanently Closed
Washington, D.C.
Babcock Lake Fisheries
The U.S. Fish Commission’s effort to mass produce carp.
Washington, D.C.
Carnegie Library of Washington, D.C.
D.C.'s first central library was born out of a chance encounter with the philanthropist whose name it bears.
Washington, D.C.
The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly
Light bulbs, scrap wood, and tinfoil comprise this homemade throne of the gods.
Washington, D.C.
Andrew W. Mellon Memorial Fountain
A spectacular tribute to statesman and philanthropist Andrew Mellon.
Washington, D.C.
National Archives Vault
An atomic bomb-proof strongbox protects the U.S. Constitution from terrorists and thieves.
Washington, D.C.
Ben's Chili Bowl Mural
A gorgeous mural outside a beloved D.C. restaurant pays homage to famous Black Americans.
Alexandria, Virginia
Hollensbury Spite House
The narrowest house in America is seven feet of pure spite.
Chicago, Illinois
The World's Columbian Exhibition of 1893
What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.
Chicago, Illinois
The Fountain of Time
A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.
Chicago, Illinois
Concrete Traffic
An actual 1957 Cadillac De Ville, encased in 15 cubic yards of concrete.
Chicago, Illinois
Balbo Monument
How did a 2,000-year-old Roman column find its way to a Chicago park?
Chicago, Illinois
Shipwreck of the Silver Spray
This historic-shipwreck-cum-diving-spot can still be seen poking its boiler out of the Lake Michigan waters that claimed it.
Chicago, Illinois
Historic Garfield Station Entrance
The original Garfield station is the oldest station facility on the "L", with the station house dating from 1892.
Chicago, Illinois
Ulysses S. Grant Boulder
A strange rock in Chicago marks the spot where a tree once stood in honor of the 18th President.
Chicago, Illinois
Cosmic Ray Detectors
One of the largest pieces of scientific equipment ever carried on a NASA space shuttle sits in a Chicago alley.
