Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Swann Memorial Fountain
A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The sounds of the world's largest fully functioning pipe organ dazzle shoppers at a Philadelphia Macy's.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The fastest transatlantic ocean liner sat abandoned in a Philadelphia shipyard for decades.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.
Yorklyn, Pennsylvania
An outlandish shoe shaped house built by an eccentric millionaire.
Braddock, Pennsylvania
These disused steel furnaces are now haunting ruins that may one day be a national park.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
The internal railway of one of the biggest steel plants in America has been transformed into a linear park with unique industrial views.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This Philly cemetery is the eternal home of many famous area residents, including Rocky Balboa's wife.
Windber, Pennsylvania
Collection of trolley cars in the woods represent one man's attempt to preserve transportation history.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.
St. Joseph, Minnesota
A jaw-dropping brutalist space church seems to have crash-landed in the middle of America.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
This kaleidoscopic mural shows Bob Dylan throughout his transition from young troubadour to Nobel laureate.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.
Owls Head, Maine
Every plane, auto, and bicycle in this collection is kept in working order and are regularly demonstrated to the public.
Kennebunkport, Maine
The world's oldest and largest museum of mass transit vehicles.
Bangor, Maine
This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.
Kennebunk, Maine
The most photographed house in Maine looks good enough to eat.
Freeport, Maine
This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.
Bangor, Maine
The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.
Providence, Rhode Island
Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.