Arlington, Virginia
DEA Museum
An extensive, if one-sided, history of U.S. law enforcement's war on drugs.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Arlington, Virginia
An extensive, if one-sided, history of U.S. law enforcement's war on drugs.
Kansas City, Missouri
The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.
Kansas City, Missouri
This giant green head remembers one of America's jazz giants.
Kansas City, Missouri
A beloved, quirky little fountain featuring a large frog spitting water at a naked boy.
Kansas City, Missouri
The crumbling remains of the first Black-owned and operated hospital in Kansas City.
Kansas City, Missouri
Undone by Prohibition, this abandoned brewery-turned-flour mill is now ready for its third act.
Kansas City, Missouri
Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.
Kansas City, Missouri
This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art.
Topeka, Kansas
Topeka has its own great wall, and it's covered in colorful images from the city's history.
Manhattan, Kansas
A diverse, expansive nature preserve in northeastern Kansas.
Topeka, Kansas
These elevated trucks were put in place as a middle finger to The Man, but are now considered folk art.
Topeka, Kansas
A rainbow-colored house promotes LGBTQ rights across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church.
Topeka, Kansas
A mysterious local has been dressing the child's grave for decades.
Junction City, Kansas
A cannon designed to fire an atomic warhead.
Junction City, Kansas
A monument celebrating the Black soldiers of the 9th and 10th Cavalry.
Winona, Kansas
Once an ancient sea, this landscape of rocky ravines is filled with the fossils of ancient marine life.
St. Louis, Missouri
An abandoned factory along the Mississippi coated by a giant mural.
Morehead, Kentucky
Bizarre and inspired combination store selling only two items: tires and bibles.
Washington, D.C.
A memorial to a shareholder activist feared by CEOs around the United States.
Washington, D.C.
A haunting tribute to pioneering photographer Clover Adams.
Washington, D.C.
The former home of Lillian Evans Tibbs and her grandson, Thurlow Evans Tibbs Jr., whose prodigious contributions to music and art spanned more than 90 years.
Washington, D.C.
An Industrial Revolution-era public work that purified water using nothing but sand.
Washington, D.C.
The towering figures were created from the cemetery's fallen old-growth trees.
Washington, D.C.
This grisly headstone doesn’t seem to be resting in peace.