New York, New York
Chinatown's Bloody Angle
Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
New York, New York
Museum at Eldridge Street
America's oldest Eastern European synagogue provided the immigrants of crowded Lower East Side tenements a space of sanctuary.
New York, New York
The Museum of Interesting Things
A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.
New York, New York
John M. Mossman Lock Collection
Hundreds of antique bank vault locks on display in New York City.
New York, New York
Antioch Chalice
Once thought to be the fabled Holy Grail, it is now known to be an oil lamp.
Oberhausen, Germany
Gasometer Oberhausen
An industrial relic is now one of Europe's most staggering art spaces.
Boston, Massachusetts
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (The Gardner)
Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Igor Fokin Memorial Sculpture
Memorial to a beloved puppeteer as well as all street performers.
Hanoi, Vietnam
Hỏa Lò Prison
The notorious "Hanoi Hilton" where Vietnamese colonial subjects and later American POWs, including John McCain, were imprisoned.
Hanoi, Vietnam
B-52 Wreckage
Monument to a brutal, ineffectual US bombing campaign and a sobering reminder of the human cost of the Vietnam War.
Washington, D.C.
Freezing Newsmen Plaque
A small token of gratitude from freezing cold journalists who were given a warm haven while covering JFK's inauguration.
Washington, D.C.
Ruins of the Columbian Cannon Foundry
These recently uncovered walls are all that's left of Washington, D.C's first defense contractor.
Washington, D.C.
Foundry Branch Trolley Trestle Ruins
A derelict bit of transportation infrastructure hidden in the woods.
Washington, D.C.
FBI Spy House
A painfully obvious spy house sits right across the street from the Russian Embassy.
Washington, D.C.
Washington Aqueduct Castle Gatehouse
A building shaped like the Army Corps of Engineers logo, because why not?
Arlington, Virginia
Headstone-Eating Trees
The rogue roots are gradually consuming some of the historic marble grave markers.
Arlington, Virginia
Joseph Marthon Memorial Mainmast
The naval commander’s proudest moment in battle is memorialized in this unique tomb at Arlington Cemetery.
Washington, D.C.
Missing Capitol Building Cornerstone
A promising candidate for the lost rock laid by George Washington was unearthed, but the hunt is still on.
Washington, D.C.
The Cuban Embassy's Hemingway Bar
When it opened during the final years of the embargo, all the drinks and cigars were free.
Washington, D.C.
Holt House
There's a crumbling old mansion inside the Smithsonian National Zoo.
Washington, D.C.
Peirce Mill Spy Station
Cold War intelligence agents monitored communist embassies from an attic in a former pigeon coop.
Washington, D.C.
Mount Zion Cemetery's Underground Railroad Shelter
People escaping slavery may have hidden inside a corpse vault.
Permanently Closed
Fredericksburg, Virginia
Abandoned National Slavery Museum
An overgrown garden stands as a grim marker of an unrealized dream.
Alexandria, Virginia
Mount Vernon Slave Cemetery
The graveyard holding the remains of George Washington's slaves was forgotten for nearly 200 years.
