The preamble to the U.S. Constitution written entirely from vanity license plates hangs in the Smithsonian museum.

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

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

A traveling postal dog covered 48 states and more than 140,000 miles, and he lives on as taxidermy, patched up with a rabbit's foot and a pig's ear.

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

Housing the National Women's Party since 1929, this historic house is now a monument to the fight for gender equality.

Rumor has it the uncarved lump behind the three famous suffragists is reserved for the first woman president.

The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.

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

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.

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