Oldtown, Maryland
Paw Paw Tunnel
Despite violent work crews and massive delays this abandoned canal tunnel was built to last into the modern day.
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Oldtown, Maryland
Despite violent work crews and massive delays this abandoned canal tunnel was built to last into the modern day.
Bronx, New York
A riverfront park that both remediated and preserved its industrial past.
Derby, Vermont
This unusual building straddles two countries.
Meriden, Connecticut
Hidden behind a Target are pillows of cooled lava that formed at the bottom of a deep lake in the Mesozoic Era.
Pensacola, Florida
A local landmark with generations of spraypainted messages, and more being added each day.
Pensacola, Florida
Florida’s half-sized replica of the Vietnam Veterans Wall.
Pensacola, Florida
One of the best places in Florida to spot rare, carnivorous pitcher plants.
St. Augustine, Florida
Location of a reliquary containing bone fragments of 18 saints.
Palm Coast, Florida
A secret, rocky playground hidden amongst the plain white beaches of the Florida coast.
Berkeley Springs, West Virginia
Berkeley Springs State Park boasts the nation's only monument commemorating presidential bathing.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This tiny cottage surrounded by railroads is the oldest surviving structure in Fairmount Park.
Washington, D.C.
The U.S. Navy’s preposterously detailed mini battleship took 77,000 hours to complete.
Pioneer, Louisiana
This ancient settlement contains some of the largest earthen mounds in North America.
Highland, Scotland
This ruined travelers shelter sits abandoned in a desolate bog of Flow Country.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The oldest surviving presidential residence in the United States.
Ponza, Italy
This abandoned semaphore station hearkens back to the days of the optical telegraph.
Garden, Michigan
This 19th-century ghost town offers a stunning view of Lake Michigan and a journey through the region's industrial past.
Wallyford, Scotland
This former school is now abandoned and a canvas for graffiti artists.
Brixworth, England
This church is considered the largest and most complete Saxon church in England.
Ardmore, South Dakota
Abandoned businesses, homes, and rusted cars are all that remains of this stopover town.
Palo Alto, California
This small monument to the great inventor contains a time capsule and a Wi-Fi hotspot.
San Jose, California
Three plaques mark the spot where the "forgotten father of broadcasting" worked.
Los Altos, California
The garage at the childhood home of Steve Jobs was a hangout for the founders of Apple, even if they never built computers there.
San Jose, California
A mysterious monument covered in a binary code marks the heart of tech.