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Kilroy Was Here.

Washington, D.C.

Kilroy Was Here

There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.

Just before sunrise

Washington, D.C.

D.C. War Memorial

An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.

An image of the Greensboro Woolworth lunch counter sit-in illuminates the cafe interior.

Washington, D.C.

Sweet Home Cafe

This unique museum cafeteria showcases the history and regional diversity of African American cuisine.

Babe Ruth Birthplace

Baltimore, Maryland

Babe Ruth Birthplace Museum

The childhood home of the Sultan of Swat is just a line drive away from Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

The Emerson-Bromo Tower at night, lit from within.

Baltimore, Maryland

Bromo-Seltzer Arts Tower

Baltimore's classic clock tower was once topped by a rotating, 20-ton medicine bottle.

The American Visionary Art Museum

Baltimore, Maryland

The American Visionary Art Museum

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

Mummified bison showing full body.

Washington, D.C.

Mummified Bison

The 28,000-year-old specimen is remarkably intact.

The statue at the Smithsonian.

Washington, D.C.

Bare-Chested George Washington

Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.

Starship Enterprise NCC-1701

Washington, D.C.

Starship Enterprise NCC-1701

The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

The carousel in summer months

Washington, D.C.

Carousel on the National Mall

Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.

Courtesy National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C.

'Ginevra de’ Benci' Portrait

The only Leonardo Da Vinci painting in the Western Hemisphere.

Venus flytraps growing wild in North Carolina

Wilmington, North Carolina

Stanley Rehder Carnivorous Plant Garden

Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.

Cloud Chamber for the Trees and Sky

Raleigh, North Carolina

Cloud Chamber for the Trees and Sky

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

Graffiti on the utility pole pays homage to the late Tupac Shakur.

Las Vegas, Nevada

Tupac Shakur Memorial

Fans have made a utility pole near where the 90s musician was shot into an ersatz memorial.

Fremont Bridge

Seattle, Washington

Fremont Bridge

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

Lake View Cemetery

Seattle, Washington

Lake View Cemetery

A beautiful final resting place for some of the noteworthy deceased.

You'll never unsee it now.

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.

Panorama of log art at Umstead Park

Raleigh, North Carolina

Umstead Log Art

This fallen red oak tree has been transformed into a piece of trailside art.

Array of signs.

Clinton, Tennessee

Roadside Signs of Harrison Mayes

The physical legacy of one man’s lifetime mission, following a near-fatal mine accident, to publicly proselytize for Christianity.

The historical marker on the side of the highway.

Port Royal, Virginia

Assassin's End

The Virginia farm where John Wilkes Booth met his grisly end is now largely forgotten.

The Grand Kugel

Richmond, Virginia

The Grand Kugel

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

Hollywood Cemetery

Richmond, Virginia

Hollywood Cemetery

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

Hoggatt Cabin

High Point, North Carolina

Hoggatt House

This colonial cabin is the oldest building in High Point, built by one of the first settlers in the area.

The mural as seen from the nave

Chaldon, England

Ladder of Salvation of the Human Soul

Angels, demons, and tortured souls on a giant wall mural in a little church.

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