Newport, Rhode Island
Belcourt Castle
A 60-room castle constructed by a horse-racing heir.
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Newport, Rhode Island
A 60-room castle constructed by a horse-racing heir.
Queens, New York
This mysterious marker puzzles pedestrians and infuriates geographers.
Laconia, Greece
This wrecked ghost ship has been rusting on a Greek beach since the 1980s.
Monhegan, Maine
The steel hull of a wrecked tug rests on Lobster Cove on Monhegan Island’s rocky southeastern shore.
Abiquiu, New Mexico
Its history includes dinosaur fossils, cattle rustlers, Georgia O'Keeffe, and a mythical giant rattlesnake named Vivaron.
New York, New York
A small piece of the composer's New York home lives on in the center of Czech culture in Manhattan.
Thomson, Georgia
Built in 1785, this residence is the oldest stone house in Georgia.
Marknesse, Netherlands
This former hydraulic laboratory is now a woodland dotted with old engineering models.
Boston, Massachusetts
Site of a famous 19th-century transcendentalist utopian community, now abandoned.
Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
Frank Lloyd Wright built this suburban synagogue late in life, but it stands among his most iconic masterpieces.
Buffalo, New York
One of Frank Lloyd Wright's greatest—and favorite—architectural masterpieces was almost lost.
Taos, New Mexico
Taos Pueblo recipes, foraged ingredients, and outdoor ovens define the menu at this eatery.
Washington, West Virginia
One of the few surviving examples of the first lock and dam system built on the Ohio River.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.
Winterset, Iowa
This simple home was the beginning of a long journey for the iconic Western film star.
Lebanon, Tennessee
This park contains one of the largest concentrations of cedar glades, a unique and rare ecosystem.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
South Philadelphia is home to Keith Haring's only surviving in situ collaborative public mural.
Richmond, Virginia
A genuine Tudor manor transported piece by piece from England.
Newport, Rhode Island
A single light illuminates one man's overshadowed contributions to street lamp history.
Newport, Rhode Island
Oldest synagogue in the United States.
Statesville, North Carolina
North Carolina's only restored fort from the French and Indian War.
Granada, Colorado
The remains of a World War II-era Japanese American internment camp dot a windswept Colorado hill.
St. Augustine, Florida
The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.
Milton, Delaware
A statue of the English poet for whom this Delaware town is named is ritually dressed in seasonally appropriate clothing.