Washington, D.C.
Navy Yard Railroad Gun
One of the largest artillery pieces in the world sits in a Washington D.C. parking lot.
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Washington, D.C.
One of the largest artillery pieces in the world sits in a Washington D.C. parking lot.
Washington, D.C.
Legend has it that President Grant’s frequent drinking in the lobby gave rise to the term “lobbyist.”
Washington, D.C.
Members of Congress have traveled between the buildings on Capitol Hill for a century hidden from tourists, press, and storm clouds.
Washington, D.C.
In the basement of the U.S. Capitol Building is a hidden storage room full of ornate floor tiles leftover from the 1850s.
Washington, D.C.
The privately owned cemetery that holds room for Washington's finest when they step down from life.
Washington, D.C.
The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.
Washington, D.C.
Four bald cypress trees in Lafayette Square, across from the White House, mark the southern edge of a 100,000 year old cypress swamp.
Washington, D.C.
An easily overlooked memorial to a Ukrainian famine-genocide that killed over 4 million people.
Washington, D.C.
A haunting tribute to pioneering photographer Clover Adams.
Washington, D.C.
The oldest building in the District of Columbia was preserved because of a mistaken connection to George Washington.
Washington, D.C.
The house where John Wilkes Booth conspired with his co-conspirators.
Washington, D.C.
Enormous piles of historically significant stones, dumped by Congress in a forest, and abandoned for 60 years.
Lisburn, Northern Ireland
A striking symbol of the Troubles, this semi-demolished prison was home to the largest prison escape in the history of the British Isles.
Williamsburg, Virginia
This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.
Hatteras, North Carolina
An Outer Banks museum devoted to the thousands of shipwrecks resting off North Carolina’s coast.
Orange, New Jersey
This is the location of the U.S. Radium Corporation where the “Radium Girls” worked, became sickened by radiation poisoning, with many dying horrible deaths.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A 19th century bank turned into a 6-story immersive art experience.
Dalmellington, Scotland
A lochside castle linked to Robert the Bruce, but not everything is as it seems!
Dixville, New Hampshire
The first inhabitants of this remote town faced a grisly death.
Brooksville, Florida
Dozens of giant mermaids are hidden across Florida’s coast in parks, yards, and beaches.
Oslo, Norway
Centuries before masks and sanitizer, Oslo’s oldest public monument remembers its last plague dead.
London, England
This cul-de-sac off Fleet Street is said to be the place where the infamous Demon Barber made a killing
Los Angeles, California
No mere mortal can resist...
London, England
One of the most haunted places in London...or is it?