Washington, D.C.
Georgetown Waterfront
The little-known, 300-year history of the area includes former lives as a bustling tobacco port, parking lot, and industrial dump.
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Washington, D.C.
The Preamble in License Plates
The preamble to the U.S. Constitution written entirely from vanity license plates hangs in the Smithsonian museum.
Suitland-Silver Hill, Maryland
Cedar Hill Cemetery
A historic cemetery filled with quirky faux wood art and unique tombstones.
Glenslane, Ireland
The Hole of the Sorrows
This singular Irish dolmen is more Frank Lloyd Wright than upright stonehenge.
Corofin, Ireland
The Burren
A hugely vast Irish landscape of barren rock that stretches for miles.
Galway, Ireland
Abandoned Menlo Castle
A moody and picturesque riverside ruin overgrown with vegetation.
Kilkenny, Ireland
Kyteler's Inn
The oldest inn in Kilkenny was established by the first convicted witch in Ireland.
Dublin, Ireland
Statue of Oscar Wilde
The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.
Dublin, Ireland
National Leprechaun Museum
A museum that cashes in on its infamous little people while teaching you a thing or two about the Irish fey.
St. Louis, Missouri
Laclede's Landing Wax Museum
A kitschy, creepy St. Louis mainstay.
St. Louis, Missouri
Whispering Arch at Union Station
Speak to a companion on the other side of the room loud and clear through this architectural anomaly.
St. Louis, Missouri
Eros Bendato
A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.
St. Louis, Missouri
City Museum
Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.
New York, New York
6 1/2 Avenue: Manhattan’s Secret Street
Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York’s only fraction of a street.
New York, New York
Tompkins Square Temperance Fountain
A reminder to choose water over wine since 1888.
New York, New York
Hare Krishna Tree
One of the few remaining American elm trees in New York’s Tompkins Square Park was the birthplace of a new religion.
New York, New York
Slocum Memorial Fountain
Monument to a forgotten NYC disaster that claimed the lives of 1,000.
Flourtown, Pennsylvania
Morris Arboretum
This hidden gem of a garden has one of the only surviving Victorian ferneries in America.
Belgrade, Serbia
Belgrade Tesla Museum
Nikola Tesla's ashes are held in a golden sphere, surrounded by his works.
Denver, Colorado
Denver Omelet Plaque
This sidewalk tribute honors Colorado's great culinary creation.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia City Hall
This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.
Washington, D.C.
Knife Edge
Architecture lovers won’t stop touching the National Gallery's 19.5 degree marble prow.
Alexandria, Virginia
George Washington’s Whiskey
Taste the white whiskey that the United States' first president once distilled and enjoyed.
Hamer, South Carolina
South of the Border
I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.
