Places mikswockam Wants to Go

The darkest building on Earth was built for the snow-white scenery of the 2018 Winter Olympics.

This spot memorializes one of the greatest plays in NFL history, unless you happen to be a Raiders fan.

A piece of baseball history is preserved in a Pittsburgh parking lot.

The "Sultan of Swat" once attended a school at the site of this baseball field.

Two islands just 4 km apart separated by an International Border and Date Line.

Must form and function forever remain at odds? Not if the Florida Department of Transportation has its way.

Charles Babbage's proto-computer, painstakingly brought to life.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."

Before Nixon, "watergate" meant canals.

Sit where JFK proposed to Jackie or where Nixon dined on meatloaf at this storied pub.

Disks are rolled out onto the south lawn to absorb the impact of Marine One's wheels like giant coffee coasters.

The origin of the Nixon tapes is rooted in technological incompetence as much as secrecy.

Parking garage where Bob Woodward met Watergate source "Deep Throat."

Four bald cypress trees in Lafayette Square, across from the White House, mark the southern edge of a 100,000 year old cypress swamp.

One thousand trees were planted in Norway to be used to print books a century from now.

Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.

This Arctic storage facility is a secure backup for agricultural biodiversity.

This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.

Experience history from the stomping grounds of the great Scottish poet.

The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.

Kentucky's anomalous peninsula projecting into the Mississippi River, site of legendary earthquakes and local feuds.

A quiet memorial to those who died saving others in the heart of the City of London.

A tribute to smugglers and the Butter Wars.