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

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

When it opened during the final years of the embargo, all the drinks and cigars were free.

You could be standing at the site of one of D.C.'s most fatal tragedies and not even know it.

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

One critic described it as "middle Mussolini, early Ramses, and late Neiman-Marcus." Another called it an architectural "natural disaster."

"Congress may voluntarily remain in session throughout the summer, in order that our Congressmen may be protected from the intolerable discomforts and dangers of the ordinary outdoor weather!”

The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.

The unique traffic pattern named for an influential urban planner is also known as the Pedestrian Scramble.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

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.

The remains of a historic plantation nestled in between a parking lot and the rental car return at Reagan National Airport.

The semi-reclaimed ruins of this canal were once part of an ambitious plan to reroute the mighty potomac.

This pun was simply waiting to come to life, and one defense contractor made it so.

At Washington's Dulles Airport is a satellite museum (no pun intended) with three quarters of a million square feet of aircraft history.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

A small island hides in plain sight on Austin's Lady Bird Lake.

To honor a beloved Austin radio DJ a neighborhood bridge has been covered in a loving mosaic.

Unusual house, in an unusual neighborhood, home to some very unusual peanuts.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

Life's work of sculptor Elisabet Ney remains preserved in her last studio.

A former electrical substation is now home to an eccentric junk art masterpiece.

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.