Miami Beach, Florida
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Over 120,000 curious objects that have shaped our modern world.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Providence, Rhode Island
Industrial National Bank Building
Rhode Island's tallest building bears a resemblance to the "Daily Planet" building and has been empty for more than five years.
Providence, Rhode Island
Turk's Head Building
The stone sculpture of an Ottoman soldier is an homage to a lost Providence landmark.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Statue of Elvis Presley
A homage to the King at the hotel where he revived his career.
Charleston, South Carolina
Old Slave Mart
South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Hansen's Sno-Bliz Snoballs
The first patented shaved-ice machine heralded a snowy wonderland of iced treats at a favorite New Orleans summer shack.
Atlanta, Georgia
Coca-Cola Secret Formula Vault
One of corporate America's best-kept secrets is also one of the most publicly displayed.
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta Rainbow Crosswalks
A colorful square marks the heart of the city's LGBTQ community.
Birmingham, Alabama
Statue of Vulcan
A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.
Washington, D.C.
Capitol Bollards
The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.
Washington, D.C.
Washington Monument Marble Stripe
Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.
Washington, D.C.
NASA Full Scale Wind Tunnel Propeller
While most wind tunnels test scale models, the "Cave of Winds" was large enough for actual airplanes.
Washington, D.C.
Bare-Chested George Washington
Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.
Washington, D.C.
Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Vega
The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.
Washington, D.C.
Starship Enterprise NCC-1701
The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.
Washington, D.C.
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Largest Roman Catholic church in North America.
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.
Dumbarton Oaks
The Byzantine, pre-Columbian, and medieval art at this stately mansion are some of the most under-appreciated collections in D.C.
Denver, Colorado
Blue Mustang
The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.
Kansasville, Wisconsin
Richard Bong State Recreation Area
The Bong-area park police have asked visitors to please, stop stealing the signs.
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Mars Cheese Castle
Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.
Chicago, Illinois
Man With Fish
This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.
Chicago, Illinois
S.S. Eastland Memorial
This memorial plaque remembers a strangely shallow maritime disaster known as "Chicago's Titanic."
Chicago, Illinois
North Avenue Baths Facade
Former bath house turns gastropub.
