Washington, D.C.
Florida Avenue Grill
The world's oldest soul food restaurant is also one of its best.
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Washington, D.C.
The world's oldest soul food restaurant is also one of its best.
Washington, D.C.
The most accurate timepiece in the world.
Washington, D.C.
While most wind tunnels test scale models, the "Cave of Winds" was large enough for actual airplanes.
Washington, D.C.
The first memorial dedicated solely to the Black troops who fought for the Union.
Washington, D.C.
The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.
Centreville, Virginia
Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.
Brownsville, Tennessee
A restored, one-room African-American schoolhouse in the diva's hometown now preserves the legacy of its most famous student.
Nashville, Tennessee
One Confederate statue that accurately reflects the ugliness of its subject.
Memphis, Tennessee
Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.
Memphis, Tennessee
The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.
Ann Arbor, Michigan
See prehistoric footprints, plus two complete mastodon skeletons.
Birmingham, England
A bench and a bridge pay tribute to Birmingham's favorite heavy metal band.
Upton, Massachusetts
This mysterious artificial cave has long puzzled New Englanders.
Hull, Massachusetts
Hut with supplies for shipwreck survivors.
Milford, Massachusetts
This stone tower in a small town's graveyard looks as though it would be more at home in a fairy tale.
Sutton, Massachusetts
This evocatively named natural crevasse was created by a torrent of water that smashed right through a granite deposit.
Savannah, Georgia
An abandoned munitions storage facility with a rich architectural history.
Nye County, Nevada
A facility built in 1992 for an underground nuclear test remains in place today.
London, England
Outside of one of Britain's most renowned social clubs, a step installed specifically for the Duke.
Culver, Oregon
Formerly secret, precariously perched boulders.
Dundonald, Northern Ireland
This large neolithic tomb, also known as Greengraves, is hidden off a Northern Irish road.
New York, New York
The East Village tenement from the cover of Led Zeppelin’s 1975 album has a tea shop on the ground floor.
Bunkerville, Nevada
Harder layers in colorful sandstone weather out as prominent “fins" and even more intricate and bizarre shapes.
Hanover, New Hampshire
3,200-square-foot mural inside Dartmouth Library depicts the history of America with images of human sacrifice, ancient gods, and other unspeakable terrors.