Places Talbot von Sregor Wants to Go

The monument's pointy aluminum tip has been melted down by repeated lightning strikes.

A historic ruin just 20 feet away from a busy highway onramp.

There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.

Sit where JFK proposed to Jackie or where Nixon dined on meatloaf at this storied pub.

A derelict bit of infrastructure from the canal that once ran through D.C. is landlocked in the heart of the city.

Amid the sprawling Defense Intelligence Agency Headquarters is one of Washington's least accessible museums.

‘Bush the old fire dog died of poison July 5th, 1869. RIP.’

This seemingly out-of-place gas station by the Watergate hotel was once described as the most expensive gas station in the world.

This stately mansion, built in 1787 by America's first Secretary of the Navy, is rumored to be one of the most haunted buildings in Washington, DC.

The word "Watergate" will forever be associated with the infamous scandal in 1972, but this fountain is famous in its own right.

There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.

A derelict bit of transportation infrastructure hidden in the woods.

The "Key of Keys" for Washington, D.C. and the apocryphal landing place for the military campaign that started George Washington's career is now at the bottom of a well.

A cavernous three-story, 43,800-square-foot basement that was forgotten about for 60 years.

The Lincoln Memorial has inspired many, even though a word on the inscription appears to be spelled incorrectly.

The only National Monument ever to go missing for nearly 50 years then resurface in a dump.

Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."

This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.

The national park was once a plantation estate.

Two columns and a path leading into the woods at Fort Bennett Park are all that remain of a custom-built, Bavarian-inspired castle

Parking garage where Bob Woodward met Watergate source "Deep Throat."

Please don’t anchor your boat onto the Department of Defense’s underwater data cables.

The former home of Thomson Francis Mason, the mayor of Alexandria from 1827-1830.

The former home of Dr. E.B. Henderson, also known as the "Father of Black Basketball."