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

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

Corn-inthian columns with a uniquely American take on neoclassical architecture.

A heroic pigeon that, through a barrage of gunfire, delivered a message that saved over 100 lives in World War I.

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

Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.

This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.

The remains of Martha, the last known passenger pigeon, serve as a tool to educate about conservation.

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

Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.

This abandoned neighborhood is now a park filled with beautiful trees, wildflowers, and hints of its past.

The southernmost point in the United States is a beautiful place to look at but a deadly place to wade in.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

This Hawaiian cattle ranch acts as a museum devoted to the island cowboys that predate the wild west.

Climbing this abandoned railway leads to breathtaking vistas of O‘ahu.

Race through the maze, get your name on the sign.

The grand marquee of this abandoned Hawaiian theater remembers the building's elegant past.

During the solar phenomenon "Lahaina Noon" this bendy, curvy sculpture forms a perfectly circular shadow on the ground.