Fenwick Island, Delaware
Discoversea Shipwreck Museum
A desiccated merman and a walrus penis bone are among the oddities in this eclectic collection of shipwreck treasures.
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Wilmington, Delaware
Nemours Estate
This splendid Versailles-inspired mansion has the largest French-style formal gardens in North America.
Washington, D.C.
Japanese Stone Lantern
A gift from Japan, 17th-century lantern stands among the cherry trees at D.C.'s Tidal Basin.
Washington, D.C.
Museum of the Palestinian People
This small museum is dedicated to telling the 4,000-year story of Palestinian history, culture, and resistance.
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.
Art Museum of the Americas
The most magical part of this Latin American and Caribbean art museum is a room covered in beautiful blue tiles from floor to ceiling.
Washington, D.C.
General Sheridan's Horse Rienzi Winchester
This taxidermy horse was a Civil War hero.
Washington, D.C.
Letelier-Moffitt Monument
A diminutive memorial marks the site of a successful assassination by a right-wing death squad in America's capital.
Washington, D.C.
Mummified Bison
The 28,000-year-old specimen is remarkably intact.
Washington, D.C.
Civil War Nurses Memorial
A bas relief commemorates the "Nuns of the Battlefield" who cared for soldiers on both sides of the conflict.
Washington, D.C.
D.C. War Memorial
An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.
Washington, D.C.
The L. Ron Hubbard House
Also known as the Founding Church of Scientology.
Washington, D.C.
Holodomor Memorial
An easily overlooked memorial to a Ukrainian famine-genocide that killed over 4 million people.
Washington, D.C.
Theodore Roosevelt Island
The national park was once a plantation estate.
Washington, D.C.
Barbie Pond on Q Street
A rotating cast of guys and dolls in front of a Washington, D.C. building.
Washington, D.C.
Dumbarton Oaks
The Byzantine, pre-Columbian, and medieval art at this stately mansion are some of the most under-appreciated collections in D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Mitsitam Native Foods Cafe
A museum cafe showcases Native American dishes and indigenous ingredients from across the Western Hemisphere.
Washington, D.C.
National Bonsai Museum
One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.
Washington, D.C.
International Spy Museum
Home to items never before seen by the public.
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Grave of Charles Stratton
The final resting place of a circus performer who went by the pseudonym "General Tom Thumb."
Rockville, Connecticut
Cogswell Memorial Fountain
Dr. Henry Cogswell hoped that his elaborate drinking fountains would dissuade people from drinking alcohol.
Haddam, Connecticut
Haddam Shad Museum
Springtime is go time for this repurposed shack and the fish it venerates.
Middletown, Connecticut
Joseph Barratt's Grave
The gravestone of an eccentric Connecticut doctor features dinosaur tracks and a pair of fossil tree casts.
Danbury, Connecticut
Sybil Ludington Statue
A statue commemorating a 16-year old girl's nighttime ride to raise a militia against attacking British troops.
