Long Beach, California
The Skinniest House in America
The 10-foot-wide Long Beach home was built on a dare.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Long Beach, California
The 10-foot-wide Long Beach home was built on a dare.
Larnaca, Cyprus
The water here is so clear you can see the mysteriously sunken ship from the surface.
Karaman, Cyprus
The ruins of a fairytale castle with a tumultuous history stand high atop the mountains.
Larnaca, Cyprus
More than 20,000 salt and pepper shakers from across the globe call this museum home.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This Garden District mansion was built to be bigger and grander than its original owner's former partner turned rival.
New Orleans, Louisiana
An architectural experiment in the Lower Ninth Ward, this row house is capable of floating as high as the Katrina floodwaters.
New Orleans, Louisiana
An artist weaves "wooden quilts" with scraps salvaged from his Katrina-damaged home in Tremé.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A little piece of Paris in the sultry south of the U.S.
Fairfax, Virginia
The last of Fairfax County's one-room schoolhouses.
Vienna, Virginia
A small brick parlor house and artist's studio located in the wilderness is surrounded by imposing suburban palaces.
Fairfax Station, Virginia
The most historic church in Fairfax County played a role in the creation of the American Red Cross.
Lorton, Virginia
The last of nine massive kilns that produced many of the red bricks for buildings in Washington, D.C. and northern Virginia in the early 20th century.
Herndon, Virginia
A decaying garage hidden amid the dense forest is all that remains of a once-prosperous dairy farm.
Fairfax, Virginia
A lone historical marker off the highway and scattered debris are all that remain of this Cold War-era missile site.
Alexandria, Virginia
A former major munitions plant that has been converted into a sprawling art space.
Alexandria, Virginia
This twice-relocated "Usonian" home is among the smallest built by master architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
Vienna, Virginia
A double agent hid information for the Soviet Union beneath this bridge for more than 20 years.
Herndon, Virginia
An out-of-place Air Force radar dome is all that denotes this park as a former missile launch site.
Centreville, Virginia
Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.