Places meltingknight Wants to Go

The "first cat," "first dog," and even a presidential pygmy hippo all get their due in this museum.

Right next to departures—how convenient!

The system of air guns are fired off remotely to scare any trespassing avians.

The controversial urban planner who designed Washington, D.C., was buried in Maryland, and can presently be found in Virginia.

America's second-oldest brick baseball stadium was home to a legendary WWII series that only sailors got to see.

An overgrown garden stands as a grim marker of an unrealized dream.

The iconic statue was moved to a new spot overlooking the James river after several years as a mascot for the local baseball team.

The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.

This isn't your average roadway—it's actually a National Park and a transportation pioneer.

The remains of a historic plantation nestled in between a parking lot and the rental car return at Reagan National Airport.

The maritime museum that boasts the largest nautical library in the western hemisphere.

Under a playground is a little-known sealed train tunnel that likely contains the bodies of workers trapped by cave-ins.

This simple stone memorial remembers a secret, Geneva Convention-defying interrogation base from WWII.

This unique historical monument features large concrete spheres designed to resemble fallen stars.

A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.

This Virginia town has been famous for its fried chicken since the 19th century.

A double agent hid information for the Soviet Union beneath this bridge for more than 20 years.

An eight-sided home built during a brief octagon craze in the 1850s.

Once on display alongside a giant Gumby, it’s as tall as a nine-story building when fully extended.

A bunker "with enough U.S. currency to replenish the cash supply east of the Mississippi" in the event of nuclear war now protects nitrate film.

A cement mixer-turned-kaleidoscope in downtown Norfolk offers different views of the city.

Inspired by a foil-wrapped potato, (seriously) the Markel Building has been deemed one of the 10 ugliest buildings in the world.

An extensive, if one-sided, history of U.S. law enforcement's war on drugs.

America's first federal monument.