Washington, D.C.
Willard Hotel
Legend has it that President Grant’s frequent drinking in the lobby gave rise to the term “lobbyist.”
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Washington, D.C.
Legend has it that President Grant’s frequent drinking in the lobby gave rise to the term “lobbyist.”
Roaming bison and a spectacular view at the highest point in Nebraska.
Chandler, Arizona
Every Christmas, one Arizona city makes the most of its dry climate by creating an arid desert tannenbaum.
Brookline, Massachusetts
This Dutch-styled residential building was originally a cocoa company's World's Fair showpiece.
St. Charles, Missouri
Entombed in this strange, white stone hill are the deadly remains of radioactive weapons production.
St. Joseph, Missouri
The fastest mail service in the west is tracked and memorialized along this 1,400 mile trail.
Big Pine Key, Florida
For divers and music lovers, the Florida Keys' Underwater Music Festival provides the best of both worlds.
Beltsville, Maryland
The Forest Service's surprisingly sophisticated collection of wildfire prevention art features America's most beloved bear.
Kealakekua, Hawaii
A controversial memorial at the place where Captain Cook met his violent end.
Islamorada, Florida
This lush Florida island is home to the ruins of a crooked ship breaker's tiny empire.
Baltimore, Maryland
A faded sign from the 1920s remembers Baltimore's resistance toward banning alcohol.
Alexandria, Virginia
The narrowest house in America is seven feet of pure spite.
St. Francisville, Louisiana
A Rodeo for Prisoners.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A hurricane-stricken oak tree has been reborn as a beautiful chainsaw artwork.
Jamestown, North Dakota
Three legendary, living albino buffalo roaming their pastures for all to see.
Washington, D.C.
A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.
Tallahassee, Florida
One man's grief over the national tragedy has manifested in a pod of homemade whales on his front lawn.
Deep River, Connecticut
The mysterious headstone of an unidentified bank robber was seen visited, every year, by a woman in black.
West Fork, Arkansas
A peaceful place in the woods where everything is a work in progress.
Audubon, Iowa
The World's Largest Bull.
Farmington, Connecticut
These etchings reveal the history of a long-gone quarantine site.
New Haven, Connecticut
The cave where two British judges hid in exile after sentencing the king to death.
Buford, Wyoming
Miraculous tree that seems to sprout out of solid rock.
Washington, D.C.
An easily overlooked memorial to a Ukrainian famine-genocide that killed over 4 million people.