A coin-operated washing machine turned jukebox, complete with an outdoor dance floor.

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

A museum cafe showcases Native American dishes and indigenous ingredients from across the Western Hemisphere.

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

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

During the Industrial Revolution this “Temple of Invention” was full of intricate miniature machines and gadgets.

There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.

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

A computer bug so primitive it was an actual insect.

The story behind this beloved toy—named for Theodore Roosevelt and owned by his grandson—is more complicated than you might guess.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

This statue intended for children to enjoy became a minor political spat.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

A wooden hut from the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.

The world's largest neutrino telescope searches for secrets of the universe at the South Pole.

Naked scientists race around the pole in the frigid cold to try to join Antarctica's exclusive 300 Club.

These passages carved from the Antarctic ice hold strange shrines to the harsh southernmost climes.

The place of worship erected not once, but three times in one of the most desolate places on Earth.

Antarctica's bustling metropolis, originally established by Richard E. Byrd.

This pub built its reputation pouring post-shift pints for employees of the cemetery with which it shares a wall.

Though they've since been renamed, these two streets hint at Dublin's darker days.

One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.

Dublin's most modern, visually spectacular bridge is modeled after Ireland's national emblem.

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.