An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.

A local farm's collection of unusual structures from a now defunct storybook amusement park.

The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.

The site where Poe "in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance" likely died.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

This Seattle joint serves food inside an old train car once used by FDR.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

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

Architecture lovers won’t stop touching the National Gallery's 19.5 degree marble prow.

A much-maligned monument to teetotalism.

A small triangle of DC grass is the final resting place of one of Sonny and Cher's songs.

An unassuming, powerful monument north of the U.S. Capitol bears witness to the resilience of Japanese Americans during a time of grave injustice.

Go take a picture with the inventor of the daguerreotype photographic process.

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

The only Civil War battle in Washington D.C. took place near this highest natural point in the city.

A gorgeous mural outside a beloved D.C. restaurant pays homage to famous Black Americans.

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

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

A little marble compass above George Washington's (empty) tomb in the Capitol marks where D.C.'s four quadrants intersect.

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

Four bald cypress trees in Lafayette Square, across from the White House, mark the southern edge of a 100,000 year old cypress swamp.

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