Eldon, Iowa
American Gothic House
Home with Gothic windows featured in a famous painting.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Pinball Hall of Fame
This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.
New York, New York
Grand Central Ceiling Dark Patch
A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.
New York, New York
Pneumatic System of the New York Public Library
One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.
New York, New York
One Times Square
This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.
New York, New York
Giant Needle and Button
There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...
New York, New York
Macy's Wooden Escalators
A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.
Sevierville, Tennessee
Forbidden Caverns
Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.
Washington, D.C.
Space Window at the Washington National Cathedral
A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.
District of Columbia
Darth Vader Grotesque
The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.
Permanently Closed
District of Columbia
Museum of Unnatural History
Giftshop catering to cryptozoologists and anyone with a sense of humor.
Kensington, Maryland
Washington, D.C. Temple
The tallest The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple in the world soars above the Beltway.
Paris, France
Catacombes de Paris
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
Broad Run, Virginia
Ruins of the Chapman Beverley Mill
This pre-Revolutionary War grist mill ground corn and flour for soldiers in seven American wars.
Luray, Virginia
The Great Stalacpipe Organ
An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.
Winchester, Virginia
Patsy Cline's Childhood Home and Grave
The Grand Ole Opry's big voice came from a small home in rural Virginia where she was eventually buried.
White Post, Virginia
Dinosaurland
Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.
Washington, D.C.
International Spy Museum
Home to items never before seen by the public.
Washington, D.C.
The Brewmaster's Castle
This grand gothic brewery has been pumping out suds for over a hundred years.
Arlington, Virginia
Deep Throat Parking Garage
Parking garage where Bob Woodward met Watergate source "Deep Throat."
Washington, D.C.
The Exorcist Stairs
The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.
Bethesda, Maryland
Glen Echo Amusement Park
Once home to seven different roller coasters, Glen Echo has undergone many transformations since its founding in 1891.
McLean, Virginia
Patowmack Canal
The semi-reclaimed ruins of this canal were once part of an ambitious plan to reroute the mighty potomac.
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
John Brown's Fort
The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.
