Places tishtishtish Wants to Go

Home to a vast and influential collection of Shakespeareana.

A super-sized promotional trick that is now a D.C. landmark.

The famous abolitionist’s preserved estate is one of Washington's finest monuments to its great Black citizens.

A rotating cast of guys and dolls in front of a Washington, D.C. building.

This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.

A nostalgic bibliographic gem.

People escaping slavery may have hidden inside a corpse vault.

A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.

A painfully obvious spy house sits right across the street from the Russian Embassy.

A historic neighborhood church is reborn as a psychedelic arts collective.

A renowned Civil War veteran, this Bald eagle now presides over the Wisconsin State Assembly.

The final resting place of one of Thomas Jefferson's formerly enslaved sons.

A hundred-year-old museum filled with giant physics toys and experiments designed by grad students.

A bronze plaque marks the site of the only show the "King of the Soul Singers" ever missed.

A stone marker memorializes the spot where the King broke up a street fight with a classic karate stance.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

In one Chicago park, a trio of werewolves are waiting to devour their fallen brethren.

In Chicago, a pizza-enthusiast has opened a museum dedicated to the history of pizza.

A Museum of Holography frozen in 1974.

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.

Partially submerged Buddha heads freckle Chicago’s neighborhoods.

Over 1,000 pieces of one of the most niche art objects imaginable: the glass paperweight.

A chance to follow in the footsteps of the word's most legendary animator.

Small and slightly hidden, the American Writers Museum is preserving the legacy of America's finest authors.