Salem, Massachusetts
Lyceum Hall
The lecture hall where Alexander Graham Bell first demonstrated the long-distance phone call.
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Salem, Massachusetts
The lecture hall where Alexander Graham Bell first demonstrated the long-distance phone call.
Danvers, Massachusetts
This historic graveyard monument is dedicated to a tragic victim of witch trial hysteria.
Danvers, Massachusetts
Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.
Salem, New Hampshire
America's oldest archaeological site or a muddled case of wishful thinking.
Haverhill, Massachusetts
It was an experiment to prove that glacial boulders and rocks can be used in constructions and dwelling.
Salem, Massachusetts
A simple but powerful tribute to the 20 victims of the 1692 witch trials.
Salem, Massachusetts
A quiet memorial marks the spot where the victims of the Salem Witch Trials were executed.
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
This abandoned Poconos resort is haunted by a history of kitschy romance and a violent fugitive.
Bethel, New York
The dairy farm in upstate New York where nearly half a million people gathered for three days of peace and music in 1969.
Rapid City, South Dakota
One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.
Rapid City, South Dakota
Every president in history is immortalized in bronze in downtown Rapid City.
Creston, South Dakota
A relic of roadside lore and perhaps the first of its kind in North America.
Conata, South Dakota
A ghost town now swarming with dozens of prairie dogs.
Wall, South Dakota
The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.
Devils Tower, Wyoming
The first declared National Monument in the United States.
Custer, South Dakota
The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.
Red Lodge, Montana
Operational for less than a year, this mill produced more than 11,000 tons of chrome concentrate in its short lifespan.
New Hope, Pennsylvania
This stone tower marks a lookout point over the historic Washington Crossing, and maybe some buried treasure.
New York, New York
Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.
Los Angeles, California
Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.
Asbury Park, New Jersey
Marie told fortunes from her small stand on the Boardwalk for decades, including to a young Bruce Springsteen who would busk outside her booth.
Quincy, Massachusetts
This small shop walked so America could run on Dunkin'.
London, England
Though it's not the largest, this one-kilometer outdoor market is reportedly the longest in Europe.
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Narrow gorges and deep pools created by long-ago glaciers.