Grantsville, Maryland
Casselman River Bridge
This beautiful stone arch bridge wasn't even expected to stand for one day, but people have been crossing it for centuries.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Williamsburg, Virginia
President Heads
Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.
Kansasville, Wisconsin
Richard Bong State Recreation Area
The Bong-area park police have asked visitors to please, stop stealing the signs.
Celebration, Florida
Mickey Pylon
Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.
Alexandria, Virginia
George Washington's Distillery
The only place for a truly presidential dram.
Alexandria, Virginia
Mount Vernon Slave Cemetery
The graveyard holding the remains of George Washington's slaves was forgotten for nearly 200 years.
Washington, D.C.
National Building Museum
Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.
Baltimore, Maryland
Site of Edgar Allan Poe's Death
The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.
Halethorpe, Maryland
Maryland's 3rd Congressional District
A winding district gerrymandered into the shape of a mantis.
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Mars Cheese Castle
Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.
Washington, D.C.
Ben's Chili Bowl Mural
A gorgeous mural outside a beloved D.C. restaurant pays homage to famous Black Americans.
Boston, Massachusetts
Faneuil Hall
A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.
Tampa, Florida
Parque Amigos de Jose Marti
A tiny, unassuming park in Tampa that belongs to the Republic of Cuba.
Tampa, Florida
Ulele Fairyland Figures
These former theme park figures have a new lease on life outside a water plant-turned-restaurant.
St. Petersburg, Florida
Sunken Gardens
A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.
St. Petersburg, Florida
Salvador Dalí Museum
Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.
Chicago, Illinois
The Wieners Circle
A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.
Chicago, Illinois
Couch Place (The Alley of Death)
This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago Temple
A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.
Chicago, Illinois
Money Museum
This museum celebrating the almighty dollar lets visitors literally stand in the shadow of a million bucks.
Chicago, Illinois
World Artifacts on the Tribune Tower Walls
Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.
Claremont, North Carolina
The Bunker Hill Covered Bridge
A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.
Burnsville, North Carolina
Mount Mitchell
The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.
Natural Bridge, Virginia
The Natural Bridge
A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.
