Bethesda, Maryland
Glen Echo Amusement Park
Once home to seven different roller coasters, Glen Echo has undergone many transformations since its founding in 1891.
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McLean, Virginia
Patowmack Canal
The semi-reclaimed ruins of this canal were once part of an ambitious plan to reroute the mighty potomac.
Bethesda, Maryland
Congressional Country Club
Proto-CIA agents trained with grenades in the sand traps and fired machine guns from the fairways.
Bethesda, Maryland
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
FDR's Art Deco hospital tower was hopelessly inefficient.
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.
Chantilly, Virginia
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
At Washington's Dulles Airport is a satellite museum (no pun intended) with three quarters of a million square feet of aircraft history.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia City Hall
This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Barnes Foundation
Dr Barnes' $25 billion private collection of art and arboretum.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Rocky Statue
Yo, Adrian!
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Elfreth's Alley
This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.
New York, New York
Union Square Metronome
The most confusing clock in New York.
New York, New York
Bellevue Hospital
The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.
New York, New York
The High Line
Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.
New York, New York
The Statue of Roscoe Conkling
A 19th-century politician who died after walking home in a blizzard is honored with this Manhattan statue.
New York, New York
Death Avenue Plaque
Manhattan's deadly West Side railroad, which killed hundreds of New Yorkers, is remembered by this simple plaque.
New York, New York
Hallett Nature Sanctuary
Long the exclusive domain of birds and vagabonds, this little-known Central Park peninsula is open to the public once more.
New York, New York
Alice in Wonderland Statue
This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.
New York, New York
Strawberry Fields Memorial
This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.
New York, New York
Crabs of Cleopatra’s Needle
Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.
New York, New York
Second Avenue Subway Art
Beautiful mosaics cover the first stations opened on New York City's newest subway line.
New York, New York
Tom's Restaurant
The "Seinfeld" diner.
New York, New York
Unicorn Tapestries at the Cloisters
Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.
Hingham, Massachusetts
Old Ship Church
Oldest church in the United States that is still in continuous use.
Boston, Massachusetts
Boston's Old Burying Grounds
Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.
