Washington, D.C.
Lincoln Memorial Undercroft
A cavernous three-story, 43,800-square-foot basement that was forgotten about for 60 years.
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Washington, D.C.
Church of Two Worlds
A Spiritualist house of worship where believers communicate with the dead in the spirit world.
Washington, D.C.
Oak Hill Cemetery Chapel
This small hilltop church weaves the urban history of Washington, D.C. with the national history of the United States.
Washington, D.C.
Mummified Bison
The 28,000-year-old specimen is remarkably intact.
Washington, D.C.
National Building Museum
Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.
Washington, D.C.
Albert Einstein Bronze Statue
The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.
Washington, D.C.
National Academy of Sciences
For 60 years, the academy had no permanent location until members voted Washington D.C. as its forever home.
Washington, D.C.
The Mary Surratt Boarding House
The house where John Wilkes Booth conspired with his co-conspirators.
Washington, D.C.
The Old Patent Model Museum
During the Industrial Revolution this “Temple of Invention” was full of intricate miniature machines and gadgets.
Washington, D.C.
Mount Zion Cemetery's Underground Railroad Shelter
People escaping slavery may have hidden inside a corpse vault.
Washington, D.C.
Grand Lodge Of Masons
This Masonic lodge was the first major private building to be constructed in Washington, D.C. after the Civil War.
Washington, D.C.
Lincoln Book Tower
A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.
Washington, D.C.
U.S. Mint Coin Store
Coins and medals straight from the mint await visitors to this shop in the nation's capital.
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.
The L. Ron Hubbard House
Also known as the Founding Church of Scientology.
Washington, D.C.
House of the Temple
This imposing Masonic temple a mile from the White House was the first public library in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
International Temple of the Order of the Eastern Star
Obscure Freemasons still live in D.C.’s largest private residence.
Atlanta, Georgia
The 747 Experience
One-of-a-kind museum inside the first Boeing 747-400 ever made.
Atlanta, Georgia
Cascade Springs Nature Preserve
Healing Springs that once ran red with soldiers' blood.
Huntsville, Alabama
The Grave of Miss Baker
Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.
Huntsville, Alabama
Pathfinder and the MPTA-ET
It may look like no more than a full-scale model, but every part of this full Space Shuttle stack had a working role in aviation history.
Huntsville, Alabama
MPTA-098
A propulsion engine testbed that paved the way for the Space Shuttle launch sits without recognition at this rocket center.
Warm Springs, Georgia
Roosevelt’s Little White House
FDR hoped to find a cure for polio in this Georgia town's warm springs.
Anniston, Alabama
German-Italian Memorial Cemetery
This small cemetery contains the graves of prisoners of war who were interred at Fort McClellan during World War II.
