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Nyamunini Island, also known as "Napoleon's Hat"

Rwanda

Nyamunini Island

This breathtaking island on Rwanda’s Lake Kivu is a haven for thousands of fruit bats.

Zig Zag Monument.

Falls Church, Virginia

Tinner Hill Historic Site

This monument traces the segregation line that inspired the first rural branch of the NAACP.

True Treats

Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

True Treats

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.

The Vulcan bridge

Vulcan, West Virginia

Vulcan Bridge

This rural bridge gave the government of West Virginia a red scare.

The Little House

Shepherdstown, West Virginia

The Little House

True to its name, this little house presents like a dollhouse, and surprising details are revealed with a quick peek through the window.

Full View of South Side of Glady Tunnel

Bowden, West Virginia

Glady Tunnel

A 1,000-foot-long railroad tunnel under Shavers Fork connected the towns during West Virginia's logging boom until its closure in 1985.

Crossing the Nelson Rocks Via Ferrata bridge

Circleville, West Virginia

Nelson Rocks Via Ferrata

This harrowing climb along West Virginia's jagged spires is one of the only Via Ferrata on America's east coast.

Glade Creek Grist Mill

Danese, West Virginia

Glade Creek Grist Mill

This functioning mill was built in the 1970s using parts from several other West Virginia mills.

Summersville Lake Lighthouse

Mt Nebo, West Virginia

Summersville Lake Lighthouse

A lighthouse on this West Virginia lake started as a joke, then the forces of nature helped make it a reality.

Cathedral Falls

Gauley Bridge, West Virginia

Cathedral Falls

The tallest waterfall in West Virginia.

Big Apple Time Capsule

Martinsburg, West Virginia

Big Apple Time Capsule

A giant time capsule not scheduled to be cored until 2040.

Jefferson Rock

Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

Jefferson Rock

This shale formation along the Appalachian Trail once inspired the third president of the United States.

Thorny Mountain Fire Tower

Dunmore, West Virginia

Thorny Mountain Fire Tower

This lookout tower built in the 1930s is now an in-demand cabin with what might be the best view of the Seneca State Forest.

George Washington Bathtub, August 2019

Berkeley Springs, West Virginia

George Washington Bathtub

Berkeley Springs State Park boasts the nation's only monument commemorating presidential bathing.

Grave of Henrietta Lacks

Clover, Virginia

Grave of Henrietta Lacks

The woman whose immortal cell line continues to shape scientific research was buried near her birthplace in a grave that was left unmarked for nearly 60 years.

Navigator

Norfolk, Virginia

'Navigator'

A sculpture made from recycled materials and hand-blown glass dedicated to transportation and transformation.

Murals at Mount Pleasant Neighborhood Library

Washington, D.C.

Murals at Mount Pleasant Neighborhood Library

In an alcove of this historic library, you can find murals painted in the 1930s by an artist who went on to create some of Disney's most iconic animated films.

Rat Grave marker

Washington, D.C.

Rat Graves

Stone markers on the campus of Gallaudet University commemorate a peculiar school tradition.

The sculpture at the U.S. Capitol Building rotunda.

Washington, D.C.

The Portrait Monument

Rumor has it the uncarved lump behind the three famous suffragists is reserved for the first woman president.

The statue at the Smithsonian.

Washington, D.C.

Bare-Chested George Washington

Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.

The original hot dog stand, shuttered in 2006
Permanently Closed

Arlington, Virginia

Pentagon Hot Dog Stand

Rumor has it the hot dog stand was targeted by two Russian nuclear missiles.

Covered for many years until renovations in the ‘70s and ‘80s, the glass skylight now lets in sun and offers a glimpse of the clock tower.

Washington, D.C.

Old Post Office Tower

The National Park Service’s best-kept secret with views that rival any in D.C.

Jokes Phone

Washington, D.C.

Jokes Phone

Press 1 for knock-knock jokes.

The tower of books.

Washington, D.C.

Lincoln Book Tower

A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.

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