Rochester's signature culinary delicacy.

The largest guitar store in the world has been visited by some of music's all-time greats passing through upstate New York.

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

A collection of the best toys ever made, The National Toy Hall of Fame is filled with kids, fun, and for some reason, a bird preserve.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

The iconic D.C. restaurant where the Cuban Missile Crisis was negotiated, now a Walgreens.

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.

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

An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.

The little-known, 300-year history of the area includes former lives as a bustling tobacco port, parking lot, and industrial dump.

The national park was once a plantation estate.

One of the most influential presidents in U.S. history wanted only this plain, elegant monument as his lasting memorial.

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

This unacceptably tall building was the real reason for Washington, D.C.'s skyscraper ban.

It was once the base for a series of domestic terror attacks.

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

Legend has it that President Grant’s frequent drinking in the lobby gave rise to the term “lobbyist.”

A historic arena where the Beatles played their first concert in the U.S.

Members of Congress have traveled between the buildings on Capitol Hill for a century hidden from tourists, press, and storm clouds.

Once the supplier for noteworthy projects like the National Cathedral, this old brickworks now lies abandoned.

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