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A battleship’s mast sits atop a turret-like memorial, commemorating those who lost their lives in one of the precipitating events of the Spanish-American War.

The naval commander’s proudest moment in battle is memorialized in this unique tomb at Arlington Cemetery.

It is a 50-foot tall sculpture made of a reclaimed wind turbine wing, concrete, steel, and coins from around the world, located off the Columbia Pike in Northern Virginia suburbia.

Though his role as the inventor of baseball may be up for debate, fans still festoon Doubleday's grave with baseballs.

The Pentagon is so large that it was planned like a city, complete with internal highway infrastructure.

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.

Soldiers were buried next to Lee's house in the center of Arlington Cemetery to dissuade the general from reclaiming his property after the war.

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

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.

A blank headstone topped with a pile of pennies marks the final resting place of the infamous assassin.

The Lincoln Memorial has inspired many, even though a word on the inscription appears to be spelled incorrectly.

A cavernous three-story, 43,800-square-foot basement that was forgotten about for 60 years.

There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.

Long-abandoned trolley tunnels just a mile away from the White House are turning into an art space.

This tiny, painted door at the base of a tree stump has been a fixture of the Harvard University campus for decades.

This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.

The headquarters of one of the world’s longest-running humor magazines bears a noticeable resemblance to a head wearing a Prussian helmet.

One of the last remaining movie theatres in the country that features a rear-projection system.

This nearly endless university hallway is home to a unique sunset known as "MIThenge."

Explore the dark underground corridors of this graffiti-covered former military fortification.

The world's largest rotating world.

Suspended from this brewery’s tasting room ceiling is a full-sized fin whale skeleton.