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

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.

This lonely waterfront memorial to the men of the Titanic was erected by the "Women of America."

The Byzantine, pre-Columbian, and medieval art at this stately mansion are some of the most under-appreciated collections in D.C.

The winding route passes through an enclosed alleyway, two tunnels, and leads to the White House basement.

A hidden gem on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.

A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.

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

During the Industrial Revolution this “Temple of Invention” was full of intricate miniature machines and gadgets.

There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.

A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

The remains of a failed subway in upstate New York is now an underground graffiti bunker.

A bar, burger joint, and arcade housed in a late 19th-century church building.

One of the largest festivals of flowers in North America takes place, appropriately, in the Flower City.

A beautiful final resting place with some surprising residents.

A bronze ballot box stands at the spot where Susan B. Anthony voted illegally.

"Call for the doctor, call for the nurse... Vote!! said the lady with the alligator purse."

An antique cemetery in New York, this land is home to any number of famed corpses.

Rochester's signature culinary delicacy.