Bethesda, Maryland
Grosvenor Estate Moon Tree
Residing quietly in suburban Maryland, this tree has a star-powered history and was grown from a seed that journeyed to space on Apollo 14.
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Washington, D.C.
Uncle Beazley the Triceratops
A celebrity from the late Cretaceous period.
Washington, D.C.
Space Window at the Washington National Cathedral
A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.
Munich, Germany
Fraunhofer Refractor at the Deutsches Museum
The telescope that discovered Neptune.
Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore Museum of Industry
A charming tour of the umbrella, tin-can, and drinking-straw capital of the world.
Belgium
Vennbahn Cycleway
Walk or bike along a narrow strip of Belgium sandwiched by German territory.
Aachen, Germany
The Toaster
A distinctive former power plant turned university lecture hall looks like it could make you breakfast.
Wierschem, Germany
Eltz Castle - Burg Eltz
This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.
Aachen, Germany
Printen Museum
This bakery and museum offers tours of the tastes and mythology of Aachen's signature spice biscuit—just don't ask for the recipe.
Dinant, Belgium
The Charles de Gaulle Saxophone Bridge
A whimsical bridge uses saxophones to pay tribute to two great men and the European Union.
Bassenge, Belgium
Fort Eben-Emael
This sprawling Belgian fort was once thought of as impenetrable but now it is simply an abandoned relic.
Bastogne, Belgium
McAuliffe Memorial and Sherman Tank
Dedicated to the American general whose reply to a German demand for surrender was simply "Nuts!"
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Bock Casemates
An expansive complex of subterranean tunnels is all that remains of one of Europe's most formidable medieval fortresses.
Trier, Germany
Karl Marx House
The birthplace of Karl Marx is now a museum dedicated to the communist revolutionary's life and work.
Mettlach, Germany
Höckerlinie Westwall
Now overgrown, these anti-tank barriers from World War II are sometimes called "dragon's teeth."
Walkersville, Maryland
Walkersville Southern Railroad
Take a trip to the past aboard a 1920s railcar or open flatcar for a scenic ride through Maryland farm country.
Silver Spring, Maryland
Aspin Hill Pet Cemetery
Dogs, cats, horses, monkeys, frogs, and fish are laid to rest at the second-oldest pet cemetery in the U.S.
Washington, D.C.
The Capitol Stones
Enormous piles of historically significant stones, dumped by Congress in a forest, and abandoned for 60 years.
Paris, France
Centre Pompidou
An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.
Washington, D.C.
Peirce Mill Spy Station
Cold War intelligence agents monitored communist embassies from an attic in a former pigeon coop.
Hyattsville, Maryland
Vanadu Art House
An intricately designed junk art house with four extravagant junk art cars hidden in the suburbs.
Washington, D.C.
'Ginevra de’ Benci' Portrait
The only Leonardo Da Vinci painting in the Western Hemisphere.
Québec City, Québec
Old Québec Funicular
This steep cable railway has been hoisting passengers in the heart of Québec City for over a century.
Montreal, Québec
‘Trois Disques’ ('Three Disks')
A swaggering, monumental souvenir of the most extravagant party Montreal’s ever thrown.
