Staunton, Virginia
American Shakespeare Center's Blackfriars Playhouse
The only recreation of William Shakespeare's indoor playhouse.
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Staunton, Virginia
The only recreation of William Shakespeare's indoor playhouse.
Boonsboro, Maryland
Bizarre Cavern.
Thurmont, Maryland
This Maryland farm is known for its amazing corn mazes and its 30-foot junkbots.
Thurmont, Maryland
A pre-Industrial Age iron furnace and the site of a nearly-forgotten piece of Black history.
Colleville-sur-Mer, France
A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.
Kansas City, Missouri
The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.
Queens, New York
This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.
Arlington, Virginia
Rumor has it the hot dog stand was targeted by two Russian nuclear missiles.
Fort Washington, Maryland
This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.
Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii
The air force base preserves its scars from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Arlington, Virginia
This lovely picnic spot featuring thunderous jet landings is an aircraft spotter’s dream.
Arlington, Virginia
The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.
Malacca, Malaysia
The largest Chinese cemetery in the world outside of China dates back to the 15th century.
Luray, Virginia
An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.
Washington, D.C.
Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.
Lusby, Maryland
Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.
Alexandria, Virginia
This simple stone memorial remembers a secret, Geneva Convention-defying interrogation base from WWII.
Shiprock, New Mexico
Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.
Berchtesgaden, Germany
Dress up like a miner and take a slide into the disco-lit depths of this once foundational salt mine.
Memphis, Tennessee
Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.
Baltimore, Maryland
The likeness of the Baltimore music icon was unveiled in time for the anniversary of his Senate hearings on music censorship.
Avery Island, Louisiana
For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.
Washington, D.C.
A historic arena where the Beatles played their first concert in the U.S.
Washington, D.C.
The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.