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Murals in the Market

Detroit, Michigan

Murals in the Market

Detroit’s Eastern Market has been transformed into an outdoor museum with colorful murals that address social issues and symbolize the city.

The Caryatids of Book Tower

Detroit, Michigan

The Caryatids of Book Tower

38-story baroque tower reflecting Detroit's rise, fall, and possible rise again.

Giant Boxing Arm of Joe Louis

Detroit, Michigan

Giant Boxing Arm of Joe Louis

Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.

Michigan Central Station

Detroit, Michigan

Michigan Central Station

A Beaux-Arts triumph rises from decades of decay to become the heart of a new innovation district.

Nancy Brown Peace Carillon.

Detroit, Michigan

Nancy Brown Peace Carillon

Advice-columnist's bell tower, paid for with pennies.

The view from the end of the tunnel to the platform

Niagara Falls, Ontario

The Tunnel at Niagara Parks Power Station

A tunnel that brings more than a century of history to life from the deepest parts of the Niagara Gorge.

The Nathan Hale Schoolhouse

East Haddam, Connecticut

Nathan Hale Schoolhouse

One of America's first spies started out as a teacher in this little red one-room schoolhouse.

The Cedar Hill Rail Yard

North Haven, Connecticut

The Cedar Hill Rail Yard

A once-booming railroad left abandoned next to the Quinnipiac River marshes now intersects with a hiking trail.

Camptosaurus on the rocks.

Uncasville, Connecticut

Wells Dinosaur Haven

A free display of artistic lifesize dinosaur sculptures in a backyard garden.

The Griswold Inn

Essex, Connecticut

The Griswold Inn

British troops and Prohibition couldn’t stop this spot from becoming one of the United States' oldest continuously-run taverns.

State recreation area's entrance sign.

New Hartford, Connecticut

Satan's Kingdom State Recreation Area

Who knew the Devil's domain was a hot spot for tubing?

View from the parking lot

East Lyme, Connecticut

Book Barn

With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.

Today, the defunct facility evokes both grandeur and squalor.

Waterford, Connecticut

Seaside Sanatorium

Ruins of a historic medical facility sits eerily by the water.

Traveler Restaurant

Union, Connecticut

Traveler Restaurant

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

Braddock Road Cannon

Alexandria, Virginia

Braddock Road Cannon

This cannon dating to 1755 has stood guard at this suburban intersection since 1915.

Historic First Baptist Church

Williamsburg, Virginia

Historic First Baptist Church

One of the oldest continuous congregations organized by Black Americans has been flourishing for nearly 250 years.

Visitors can explore reconstructions of the cabins of early community residents.

Williamsburg, Virginia

Freedom Park

Amid miles of wooded trails lies the story of one of America’s earliest free Black communities.

Sponsored By Visit Williamsburg
'Power'

Charleston, West Virginia

'Power'

Thousands of tiny squares in different colors make up this piece of street art.

Katherine Johnson

Dunbar, West Virginia

Hidden Figures Monument

This campus monument honors Katherine Johnson, who hand-calculated the trajectory for America’s first human spaceflight and safely land Apollo 11 on the moon.

Texas Falls

Hancock, Vermont

Texas Falls

An ancient glacial pothole waterfall in the heart of the Green Mountains.

Original bridge across the southern end of Lake Champlain, demolished in 2009

Addison, Vermont

Crown Point Bridge

Lake Champlain Bridge, the recently demolished and rebuilt bridge where they filmed "What Lies Beneath".

The Wave Statue

Newport, Rhode Island

'The Wave'

An ode to Japanese artist Hokusai, with a bit of a comical twist.

The Newport Tower

Newport, Rhode Island

Newport Tower

Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.

Beautiful Rose Island.

Newport, Rhode Island

Rose Island Lighthouse

You can spend the night as an honorary lighthouse keeper in this quaint, historic beacon.

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