Places scottjung Wants to Go

The Virginia farm where John Wilkes Booth met his grisly end is now largely forgotten.

This pre-Revolutionary War grist mill ground corn and flour for soldiers in seven American wars.

America's first federal monument.

The ruins of this long-abandoned unsuccessful gold mine can still be found.

The national park was once a plantation estate.

Daredevil repair workers can worm their way out the access hatch, loop ropes over the apex and rappel down the monument.

The most accurate timepiece in the world.

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.

The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.

A secret greenspace hides atop a Capitol parking garage.

A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.

The preamble to the U.S. Constitution written entirely from vanity license plates hangs in the Smithsonian museum.

A surprising, but overlooked example of geology in the middle of the nation’s capital.

A cave on the Maryland border where civilians took refuge during the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.

Bizarre Cavern.

Home of the physician who set the leg of John Wilkes Booth after the Lincoln assassination.

The final resting place of an unidentified revolutionary soldier sits behind a Virginia church.

This colonial tavern played host to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other famous early Americans.

Soldiers were buried next to Lee's house in the center of Arlington Cemetery to dissuade the general from reclaiming his property after the war.

The controversial urban planner who designed Washington, D.C., was buried in Maryland, and can presently be found in Virginia.

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.

A super-sized promotional trick that is now a D.C. landmark.

The Byzantine, pre-Columbian, and medieval art at this stately mansion are some of the most under-appreciated collections in D.C.