Washington, D.C.
Uncle Beazley the Triceratops
A celebrity from the late Cretaceous period.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Washington, D.C.
Renwick Gallery
The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.
Washington, D.C.
Sergeant Stubby
The most decorated dog of World War I is preserved in the Smithsonian.
Washington, D.C.
The Exorcist Stairs
The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.
Washington, D.C.
Senate Corncob Capitals
Corn-inthian columns with a uniquely American take on neoclassical architecture.
Washington, D.C.
Philo Farnsworth Statue
This statue of the "father of television" stands prominently in the United States Capitol.
Washington, D.C.
The Portrait Monument
Rumor has it the uncarved lump behind the three famous suffragists is reserved for the first woman president.
Washington, D.C.
District of Columbia Center Point
A little marble compass above George Washington's (empty) tomb in the Capitol marks where D.C.'s four quadrants intersect.
Washington, D.C.
Capitol Bollards
The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.
Munich, Germany
Wurmeck
A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.
Fort Washington, Maryland
Woodrow Wilson Bridge
This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.
Oxon Hill, Maryland
The Awakening
The 72-foot giant escaped confinement in a large patch of mulch only to be reburied in the sandy shores of the Potomac River.
Furth im Wald, Germany
Drachenstich-Festspiele
Each year, Germany's "City of Dragons" slays the world's largest walking robot.
Prague, Czechia
Grotta
This artificial cave looks like something out of a fairytale.
Prague, Czechia
Strahov Monastery
Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.
Želízy, Czechia
The Devil Heads
Two monstrous faces loom over a village in Czechia.
Melnik, Czechia
Melník Chapel of Bones
Underneath this small church are 15,000 bones, arranged by an obsessive academic.
Boom, Belgium
Trolls of De Schorre Park
Take a leisurely walk through the park to find the seven giant troll sculptures hidden throughout the park.
Colmar, France
Statue of Liberty, Colmar
A copy of the Statue of Liberty greets visitors to the birthplace of Auguste Bartholdi.
Zurich, Switzerland
Cabaret Voltaire: the Dada House
One hundred years ago this small house in downtown Zürich became the birthplace of the Dada movement.
Bern, Switzerland
Méret Oppenheim Fountain
The Swiss artist's bulbous and overgrown shape-shifting sculpture controversially graces the center of Bern.
Lucerne, Switzerland
Dance of Death Bridge
This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.
Gruyères, Switzerland
H.R. Giger Museum
The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.
Meyrin, Switzerland
CERN
Home of the Large Hadron Collider and the birthplace of the World Wide Web.
