Washington, D.C.
Daguerre Monument
Go take a picture with the inventor of the daguerreotype photographic process.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
New Delhi, India
Bahá'í Lotus Temple
A blooming house of worship for the masses.
Washington, D.C.
Serenity Statue
This poor little statue is the most vandalized memorial in Washington.
Washington, D.C.
Inaugural Parade Center Line
A line of blue paint marks the route of the inaugural parade.
Washington, D.C.
Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens
A lovely aquatic park built by a one-armed Civil War veteran who made a fortune from lotuses.
Llandudno, Wales
Great Orme Summit Complex UFO Room
An unexpectedly extraterrestrial room in a former Victorian resort club.
Washington, D.C.
National Cathedral Bell Tower
There’s a special club house at the top for the bell ringers.
Waldorf, Maryland
Dr. Samuel Mudd House Museum
Home of the physician who set the leg of John Wilkes Booth after the Lincoln assassination.
Washington, D.C.
Washington Monument Marble Stripe
Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.
Holy Island of Lindisfarne, England
Pilgrims Way to Holy Island
Twice a day this ancient path disappears with the tides, leaving the Holy Island of Lindisfarne out to sea.
St. Augustine, Florida
Treasury Street
St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.
Baltimore, Maryland
Mr. Trash Wheel
This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.
White Springs, Florida
White Sulfur Springs Ruins
The abandoned bathhouse is all that remains of the hot springs considered Florida's original tourist attraction.
Washington, D.C.
Water Gate at the Watergate Complex
Before Nixon, "watergate" meant canals.
Washington, D.C.
National Building Museum
Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.
Washington, D.C.
Jefferson Pier Marker
A tiny monument to the unsuccessful attempt by Thomas Jefferson to place the prime meridian in Washington.
Washington, D.C.
FBI Spy House
A painfully obvious spy house sits right across the street from the Russian Embassy.
Prague, Czechia
Statue of Franz Kafka
A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.
Madeira Beach, Florida
The Church by the Sea
Visitors flock to see this church tower's unintended feature: It happens to resemble a giant chicken from multiple points of view.
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.
Potomac Park Flood Levee
This mysterious structure by the Washington Monument is a flood barrier designed to protect the White House against rising waters.
Washington, D.C.
Godey Lime Kilns
A historic ruin just 20 feet away from a busy highway onramp.
Washington, D.C.
Frederick Douglass’s House, Cedar Hill
The famous abolitionist’s preserved estate is one of Washington's finest monuments to its great Black citizens.
Washington, D.C.
Rayburn House Office Building
One critic described it as "middle Mussolini, early Ramses, and late Neiman-Marcus." Another called it an architectural "natural disaster."
