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

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

While most wind tunnels test scale models, the "Cave of Winds" was large enough for actual airplanes.

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

Home to items never before seen by the public.

The sculptor was instructed to add “stallion attributes” to the general's bronze mare.

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

The innocent intentions of this monument are somewhat lost in the sculpture's muscled imagery.

The only place for a truly presidential dram.

This lovely picnic spot featuring thunderous jet landings is an aircraft spotter’s dream.

Those with a sharp eye can find the hidden image of a German Shepherd on the memorial's Mural Wall.

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

This isn't your average roadway—it's actually a National Park and a transportation pioneer.

This seemingly out-of-place gas station by the Watergate hotel was once described as the most expensive gas station in the world.

This stately building in Alexandria, Virginia was built by Freemasons to honor one of their most famous members.

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

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

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

This church is known as "The Home Church of George Washington and George Mason."

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

A double agent hid information for the Soviet Union beneath this bridge for more than 20 years.

These unusual rooms on wheels are holdovers from the 1960s.

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

Collecting 700 years of mechanical death-dealing, the NRA's sprawling gun museum is a revealing testament to the American obsession with armament.