Eight huge lanterns lining a city street can change color on command.

At night, this glittering musical tunnel draws skaters and photographers.

Go take a picture with the inventor of the daguerreotype photographic process.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

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.

The story behind this beloved toy—named for Theodore Roosevelt and owned by his grandson—is more complicated than you might guess.

A heroic pigeon that, through a barrage of gunfire, delivered a message that saved over 100 lives in World War I.

This taxidermy horse was a Civil War hero.

A glimpse of the Pacific Northwest‘s indigenous culture in Washington, D.C.

The U.S. Navy’s preposterously detailed mini battleship took 77,000 hours to complete.

For 60 years, the academy had no permanent location until members voted Washington D.C. as its forever home.

A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.

A gorgeous mural outside a beloved D.C. restaurant pays homage to famous Black Americans.

This bridge over D.C.'s Rock Creek Park is sometimes called the "Buffalo Bridge" because of its four buffalo sculptures, which were cast from a single piece of bronze.

A bas relief commemorates the "Nuns of the Battlefield" who cared for soldiers on both sides of the conflict.

The sculptor was instructed to add “stallion attributes” to the general's bronze mare.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

A Community Cornerstone.

A ticket to this nostalgia-soaked arcade comes with free play on more than 40 classic games.

Originally the home of chewing gum mogul William Wrigely Jr, it is now the official offices of the Tournament of Roses.

Mid-Century Modern Meets Millionaire’s Row.

The American Home, Re-imagined.

A California city claims to be the home of a fast-food classic.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.