Ashland, Pennsylvania
Byrnesville
An underground blaze turned this village into a ghost town.
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Ashland, Pennsylvania
An underground blaze turned this village into a ghost town.
Williamsport, Pennsylvania
See the place where little league baseball was born.
Washington, D.C.
The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.
Washington, D.C.
While most wind tunnels test scale models, the "Cave of Winds" was large enough for actual airplanes.
Washington, D.C.
The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.
Washington, D.C.
The most decorated dog of World War I is preserved in the Smithsonian.
Washington, D.C.
The house where John Wilkes Booth conspired with his co-conspirators.
Washington, D.C.
A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.
Quicksburg, Virginia
An enormous warehouse filled with parade floats collected from over 50 years of patriotic celebrations.
Luray, Virginia
An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.
Knoxville, Maryland
This advertisement for talcum powder was painted on the rock face and has since defied removal.
Washington, D.C.
The 28,000-year-old specimen is remarkably intact.
Hancock, New York
At this small shop off a dirt road in the forest, the specialty is eel the owner caught and smoked himself.
Queens, New York
An easy to overlook storefront hides some of the most authentic and regionally diverse Chinese food in New York.
Dover, Delaware
The Dover International Speedway is home to a towering, concrete-skinned, racecar-hungry behemoth.
Cape May, New Jersey
World War II bunker still standing on the New Jersey beach.
Cape May, New Jersey
The rusting remains are visible sticking out of the waters of the Delaware Bay.
Atlantic City, New Jersey
The third-tallest lighthouse in the United States stands as a reminder of Atlantic City's early days.
Margate City, New Jersey
Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."
Shamong, New Jersey
This 25-foot-tall gorilla made his way from the Wildwood boardwalk to a Pine Barrens gas station and deli.
Tabernacle, New Jersey
Rising out of a clearing in New Jersey's Pine Barrens is an Aztec-inspired monument to the "Lindbergh of Mexico."
Lakehurst, New Jersey
The site of one of history's most indelible and horrific tragedies.
Staten Island, New York
The highest natural point in New York City and all of the Atlantic coastal plain.
Bayonne, New Jersey
World Trade Center memorial likened to a woman's sexual organ.