The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

Atop this media building, two hives containing more than 30,000 bees keep the surrounding area vibrant.

Where you can hail your favorite fictional commanders-in-chief.

The only National Monument ever to go missing for nearly 50 years then resurface in a dump.

This lovely picnic spot featuring thunderous jet landings is an aircraft spotter’s dream.

The Pentagon sits on a former island that was in Virginia at low tide and D.C. at high tide.

Rumor has it the hot dog stand was targeted by two Russian nuclear missiles.

Please don’t anchor your boat onto the Department of Defense’s underwater data cables.

The U.S. Navy’s preposterously detailed mini battleship took 77,000 hours to complete.

Part of a WWII submarine is lurking outside the Washington Navy Yard parking lot.

One of the largest artillery pieces in the world sits in a Washington D.C. parking lot.

Eat your Big Mac in a DC-3.

A decommissioned tube carriage within a London museum hosts a regular pop-up supper club.

A cool dive bar, off the beaten track.

It's bad manners to eat and drink on the subways of Tokyo, unless the train is this bar. 

This grounded passenger jet is now a restaurant, complete with rows of seats and “flight attendant” servers.

The sister plane of the C-123 shot down during the Iran-Contra Affair has found a new purpose in retirement.

This Seattle joint serves food inside an old train car once used by FDR.

This lovely little burbling creek is actually a deadly waterway that has dragged down everyone who ever set foot in it.

Teeming with illegal goods and services, this towering maze of vice is also a popular tourist accommodation.