Washington, D.C.
Secret Entrance to the White House
The winding route passes through an enclosed alleyway, two tunnels, and leads to the White House basement.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Washington, D.C.
The winding route passes through an enclosed alleyway, two tunnels, and leads to the White House basement.
Maywood, Illinois
A plaque marks a former safe house on the secret route, now hidden next to a McDonald's.
Washington, D.C.
The famous abolitionist’s preserved estate is one of Washington's finest monuments to its great Black citizens.
Olema, California
'Cause the fence start shaking, the earth was quaking.
Los Angeles, California
Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.
Silver Spring, Maryland
The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.
Kingston, New York
The only intersection in America where the buildings on all four corners were built pre-Revolutionary War.
Arlington, Virginia
At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.
San Diego, California
This little blue house pokes out over the campus of UC San Diego, seven stories high.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.
Queens, New York
The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.
Key West, Florida
A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.
Athens, Wisconsin
The center of the only hemisphere that awards visitors with a commemorative coin.
Rockaway Beach, Oregon
Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.
Washington Island, Wisconsin
This pebble beach is so beautiful that taking its rocks is against the law.
Springfield, Illinois
When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.
New York, New York
The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.
Brooklyn, New York
Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.
Thousand Oaks, California
From Japan to Italy, this California park explores the world's cultures through their gardens.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."
Los Angeles, California
A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.
New York, New York
Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.
Memphis, Tennessee
The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.
Santa Clarita, California
No matter what it might seem like on film, most scenes filmed on a plane are filmed at this LA studio.