Pasadena glamour turned government issue.

This massive swimming pool is the high tech home to the human-powered submarine races.

One of the richest places in the United States has a cursed street.

One of the few working locomotive roundhouses in the United States.

Once the site of the Hawaiian monarchy, this building was originally designed as a palace.

One artist’s scheme to expand museum viewing hours into the evening led to the illumination of an entire city.

A relic from a forgotten bakery chain still spins atop a diner.

In 1958, an MIT fraternity pledge laid down on this bridge and instituted a new, unique unit of measurement.

A chain of bells connect the California Missions and honor the legend of the "King’s Highway."

Colorado Boulevard’s historic bookstore, operating since the bustling city of Pasadena was merely some orange groves and a few ostrich farms.

"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 facade of this relic from the Klondike gold rush is decorated with over 8,800 pieces of driftwood.

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

The oldest house of worship in Palm Beach has a wonderful tropical garden.

The air force base preserves its scars from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.

This stately clubhouse has showcased German-American culture for over a century.

A muscular Art Deco monument represents the struggle between regulators and unbridled markets.

Little did a museum know, they possessed the last-known lunch wagon in existence.

This historic graveyard was partially paved over to create a streetcar line.

A museum commemorating the Donora Smog, which killed 20 people in October 1948 and sparked national outrage over air pollution.

A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.

The tallest The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple in the world soars above the Beltway.

This simple highway curve has become a comedic pilgrimage site.