Boston, Massachusetts
Faneuil Hall Weathervane
An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.
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Boston, Massachusetts
An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.
Boston, Massachusetts
One of the few remaining monuments dedicated to South Boston's Irish heritage.
Boston, Massachusetts
The oldest working bell set in North America, the bells at Old North Church sat silent for their first four years in Massachusetts.
Boston, Massachusetts
The tomb of Increase Mather and his son Cotton, influential colonial ministers obsessed with the occult.
Newington, Connecticut
An overgrown and abandoned tuberculosis ward resides in the midst of a quaint modern neighborhood.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A hurricane-stricken oak tree has been reborn as a beautiful chainsaw artwork.
Los Angeles, California
Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.
New Orleans, Louisiana
"If she'd leave us alone, we would have a happy home, sent from down below."
New Orleans, Louisiana
This Birdsill Holly fire hydrant is the remnant of a very different type of hydration innovation.
Chicago, Illinois
Former meatpacking facility turned vertical farm and sustainable business complex.
Chicago, Illinois
This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.
New York, New York
There are owls with glowing eyes in Herald Square.
New York, New York
One of the city’s oldest watering holes was originally the home of a famous James Brown (not that one).
New York, New York
A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.
New York, New York
Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.
Washington, D.C.
The district's only illusionarium supports free writing programs for local students with every purchase.
Chicago, Illinois
This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.
Chicago, Illinois
These abandoned grain silos and tunnels are an urban exploration dream.
Fenwick Island, Delaware
A desiccated merman and a walrus penis bone are among the oddities in this eclectic collection of shipwreck treasures.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
In the early 1800s, surgery was also a show.
Lookout Mountain, Tennessee
This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America’s smallest national park site is the former residence of exiled Polish national hero Thaddeus Kosciuszko.
Denver, Colorado
A small horde of mythical creatures lurk almost imperceptibly within the museum's wildlife dioramas.
Austin, Texas
A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.