Washington, D.C.
Carousel on the National Mall
Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Washington, D.C.
Florida Avenue Grill
The world's oldest soul food restaurant is also one of its best.
Washington, D.C.
Congressional Cemetery
The privately owned cemetery that holds room for Washington's finest when they step down from life.
Washington, D.C.
USNO Master Clock
The most accurate timepiece in the world.
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.
Theodore Roosevelt Island
The national park was once a plantation estate.
Washington, D.C.
Kilroy Was Here
There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.
Washington, D.C.
National Building Museum
Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.
Washington, D.C.
The Dupont Underground
Long-abandoned trolley tunnels just a mile away from the White House are turning into an art space.
Washington, D.C.
National Capitol Columns
The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.
Ellsworth, Maine
Big Chicken Barn
It's a repurposed treasure trove of history, located just an hour away from Acadia National Park.
Washington, D.C.
Alma Thomas House
For over 70 years, this house was home to a pioneering Black artist and educator.
Havana, Cuba
Coppelia
Castro's communist ice cream mothership has been serving five-scoop "salads" for over 50 years.
Pebble Beach, California
Lone Cypress
This lonesome Monterey cypress has survived centuries of wind, salt, and at least one attempt at arson.
Mill Valley, California
Headlands Center for the Arts
Internationally-recognized arts center housed in a century-old former military barracks.
Tamalpais-Homestead Valley, California
Point Bonita Lighthouse
This lighthouse has been guiding shipping into the Golden Gate since before the American Civil War.
Key West, Florida
Mario Sanchez Street Experience
These large-scale reproductions of Mario Sanchez’s colorful pictures and murals feel like a walk around a small movie set, and also lead you down an imaginary “street” of past decades.
Key West, Florida
Key West Historic Memorial Sculpture Garden
Recently celebrating its 25th anniversary, the garden opened in September 1997 to celebrate the men and women who have had the greatest impact on Key West.
Québec City, Québec
Château Frontenac
This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.
Québec City, Québec
The Murals of Quebec City
A contemporary fresco movement illustrates the region's rich history.
Québec City, Québec
Old Québec Funicular
This steep cable railway has been hoisting passengers in the heart of Québec City for over a century.
San Diego, California
Panama-California Sculpture Court
A hidden courtyard houses early 20th-century plaster masterpieces.
San Francisco, California
Fort Point
Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.
San Francisco, California
'World Sources of Food'
A four paneled, brightly multicolored mosaic adorns the side of this popular grocery store.
