Washington, D.C.
The K-9 of the Korean War Veterans Memorial
Those with a sharp eye can find the hidden image of a German Shepherd on the memorial's Mural Wall.
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Washington, D.C.
Chinatown Barnes Dance
The unique traffic pattern named for an influential urban planner is also known as the Pedestrian Scramble.
Washington, D.C.
The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly
Light bulbs, scrap wood, and tinfoil comprise this homemade throne of the gods.
Washington, D.C.
National Building Museum
Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.
Washington, D.C.
The Old Patent Model Museum
During the Industrial Revolution this “Temple of Invention” was full of intricate miniature machines and gadgets.
Washington, D.C.
Washington Mini Monument
There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.
Key West, Florida
Key West Cemetery
The island residents are known for taking their quirky sense of humor with them to the grave.
Permanently Closed
Key West, Florida
Time for Fun
This statue inspired by Renoir's famous painting embodies the jovial spirit of Key West.
Key West, Florida
Blue Heaven Rooster Cemetery
A small poultry graveyard in the courtyard of a popular Key West watering hole.
Key West, Florida
Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society and Museum
The museum chronicling a treasure hunter's dream, fulfilled.
Key West, Florida
Truman's Little White House
A historic presidential getaway on the continental United States' southernmost island.
Key West, Florida
Hemingway's Last Penny
An idyllic swimming pool tells the tale of Hemingway's trouble with women.
Key West, Florida
Pan Am's First Office
The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity's microbrewery.
Key West, Florida
Southernmost Point of the Continental U.S.
A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.
Key West, Florida
Captain Tony's Saloon
Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.
Key West, Florida
Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum
The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.
Key West, Florida
Dry Tortugas
These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.
Panama City Beach, Florida
Man in the Sea Museum
A graveyard of bathyspheres and diving bells paints a weirdly accurate account of ocean exploration's rickety history.
Washington, D.C.
Senate Corncob Capitals
Corn-inthian columns with a uniquely American take on neoclassical architecture.
Washington, D.C.
D.C. War Memorial
An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.
Washington, D.C.
District of Columbia Center Point
A little marble compass above George Washington's (empty) tomb in the Capitol marks where D.C.'s four quadrants intersect.
Washington, D.C.
Washington Monument Access Hatch
Daredevil repair workers can worm their way out the access hatch, loop ropes over the apex and rappel down the monument.
Washington, D.C.
Willard Hotel
Legend has it that President Grant’s frequent drinking in the lobby gave rise to the term “lobbyist.”
Washington, D.C.
Daguerre Monument
Go take a picture with the inventor of the daguerreotype photographic process.
