The oldest dim sum restaurant in the United States is a nostalgic jewel.

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

This isn't your average roadway—it's actually a National Park and a transportation pioneer.

The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.

A striking memorial to the 21 lives lost in an explosion at the Washington Arsenal

A museum cafe showcases Native American dishes and indigenous ingredients from across the Western Hemisphere.

The little-known, 300-year history of the area includes former lives as a bustling tobacco port, parking lot, and industrial dump.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.

America's Most Wanted's set resides in this tribute to the history of crime and punishment.

A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.

An amazing example of early-20th-century architecture, this church features marble transported from Utah.

Legend has it that President Grant’s frequent drinking in the lobby gave rise to the term “lobbyist.”

This robust fence in front of a historic Georgetown home is likely made from hundreds of recycled Revolutionary War firearms.

This unacceptably tall building was the real reason for Washington, D.C.'s skyscraper ban.

A bas relief commemorates the "Nuns of the Battlefield" who cared for soldiers on both sides of the conflict.

This small Key West museum is packed with dozens of artifacts that illustrate the life of the iconic playwright.

The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.

The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity's microbrewery.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.