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Observation tower at the top of Kuwohi

Bryson City, North Carolina

Kuwohi

This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.

Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum

Gatlinburg, Tennessee

Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum

Over 20,000 sets of spice shakers reveal the surprisingly telling history of our most basic spices.

Titanic Museum Attraction at the 2012 anniversary celebration

Pigeon Forge, Tennessee

Titanic Museum Attraction

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

Dolly Parton Statue

Sevierville, Tennessee

Dolly Parton Statue

An ode to "The Queen of Appalachia."

Buffalo on Dumbarton Bridge

Washington, D.C.

Dumbarton Bridge

This bridge over D.C.'s Rock Creek Park is sometimes called the "Buffalo Bridge" because of its four buffalo sculptures, which were cast from a single piece of bronze.

Laogai Museum
Permanently Closed

Washington, D.C.

Laogai Museum

The first museum in the U.S. to address human rights issues in China.

'Encore'

Washington, D.C.

'Encore'

Washington D.C.'s most famous pianist, composer, and bandleader still tickles the ivories outside Howard Theater.

Plane Mates at Dulles Airport.

Sterling, Virginia

Dulles Airport Mobile Lounges

These unusual rooms on wheels are holdovers from the 1960s.

Warp Drive

Sterling, Virginia

Warp Drive

This pun was simply waiting to come to life, and one defense contractor made it so.

Front View of Iviswold Castle before the remodel of Building 7, now Education Commons

Rutherford, New Jersey

Iviswold Castle

Originally built in 1869, this castle is currently part of Felician University's campus.

Glen Rock

Glen Rock, New Jersey

Glen Rock

The 570-ton boulder that gave a New Jersey town its name.

The original boathouse was built in the 1870s.

New York, New York

Central Park Boathouse

With a history dating back to Victorian times, this architectural gem is a rare New York tourist haunt worth visiting.

Delmonico's Restaurant

New York, New York

Delmonico’s Restaurant

Perhaps the most storied New York City eatery, Delmonico’s reshaped American restaurants.

The Washington Hilton, known by some as the "Hinckley Hilton."

Washington, D.C.

Hinckley Hilton President's Walk

A hidden passageway now marks the site of an assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan that some say broke a 140-year-old curse.

The ruins looking north

Germantown, Maryland

Ruins of Clopper Mill

The hidden ruins of a mill that is linked to an attempt to assassinate the vice president of the United States.

Front gate of the park. (2020)

Bethesda, Maryland

Glen Echo Amusement Park

Once home to seven different roller coasters, Glen Echo has undergone many transformations since its founding in 1891.

Silver Spring B&O Railroad Station

Silver Spring, Maryland

Silver Spring B&O Railroad Station

Built in 1945, this historic train station has a new lease on life with its baggage area serving as an event space.

Interior of school.

Boyds, Maryland

Boyds Negro School

The only public school for Black children in the region from 1895-1936.

The Old Town Hall Bank Museum And Exhibit Hall

Poolesville, Maryland

The Old Town Hall Bank Museum and Exhibit Hall

The old building has been restored to its 1907 appearance.

Interior of the historic roundhouse.

Baltimore, Maryland

The B&O Railroad Museum

At the birthplace of American railroading, a world-class collection of historic trains.

Site of the Original Globe Theatre

London, England

Site of the Original Globe Theatre

The ground on which Shakespeare’s initial playhouse once stood.

The wall extends for 500 meters as a visual testament to the pandemic.

London, England

The National Covid Memorial Wall

This 500-meter-long memorial pays tribute to the hundreds of thousands of lives lost to COVID-19 in the UK.

Wellington Arch

London, England

Wellington Arch

Once designed as the entrance to Buckingham Palace, this structure was later relocated and stands as a victory arch.

WWII Battle Scars.

London, England

Victoria and Albert Museum WWII Battle Scars

The pockmarks across the building's facade are remnants of the Blitz.

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