Washington, D.C.
The Dupont Underground
Long-abandoned trolley tunnels just a mile away from the White House are turning into an art space.
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Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Washington, D.C.
Annie's Paramount Steakhouse
This restaurant has been a haven for D.C.'s LGBTQ community since the 1950s.
Washington, D.C.
International Temple of the Order of the Eastern Star
Obscure Freemasons still live in D.C.’s largest private residence.
Washington, D.C.
National Archives Vault
An atomic bomb-proof strongbox protects the U.S. Constitution from terrorists and thieves.
Washington, D.C.
Mummified Bison
The 28,000-year-old specimen is remarkably intact.
Washington, D.C.
Boy Scout Memorial
The innocent intentions of this monument are somewhat lost in the sculpture's muscled imagery.
Washington, D.C.
Zero Milestone
A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.
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.
Cutts-Madison House
After James Madison's death, his wife and former First Lady Dolley Madison lived in this yellow building near the White House.
Washington, D.C.
The Cairo
This unacceptably tall building was the real reason for Washington, D.C.'s skyscraper ban.
Washington, D.C.
Charlotte Forten Grimké House
The historic home of an educator, abolitionist, activist, and poet.
District of Columbia
The Winfield Scott Memorial
The sculptor was instructed to add “stallion attributes” to the general's bronze mare.
Washington, D.C.
Russian Ambassador's Residence
Was there a small "backpack nuke" hidden in the attic? JFK apparently thought so.
Arlington, Virginia
VIP Congressional Parking Lot at Reagan National Airport
Right next to departures—how convenient!
Arlington, Virginia
Ronald Reagan National Airport's Historic Terminal A
The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
ATLAS-I
This pseudo-steampunk weapons facility is the world's largest wood and glue structure, and packs quite a wallop.
Los Cerrillos, New Mexico
Museum of Encaustic Art
This is not Madame Tussaud’s wax museum.
Rifle, Colorado
Rifle Falls
You might want to bring a rain jacket to this travertine triple waterfall.
Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France
Glanum
This ancient Roman town was revered for the healing waters of its sacred spring.
Culberson County, Texas
McKittrick Canyon
Steep canyon walls hide a forested oasis in the West Texas desert.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Omega Mart at Area 15
A surreal, interdimensional shopping center and portal to another universe by Meow Wolf.
Twentynine Palms, California
Skull Rock
An eerie natural formation that looks right back at you.
St. Louis, Missouri
Sebilj of St. Louis
This replica of a Sarajevo fountain stands at the heart of the world’s largest Bosnian diaspora community.
Peach Springs, Arizona
Caverns Grotto
In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.
