Wilmington, Delaware
Nemours Estate
This splendid Versailles-inspired mansion has the largest French-style formal gardens in North America.
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Wilmington, Delaware
This splendid Versailles-inspired mansion has the largest French-style formal gardens in North America.
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Memorial built in 1922 in remembrance of WWI casualties.
Oatman, Arizona
This once-booming Gold Rush town is now home to a herd of feral donkeys.
Emmaus, Pennsylvania
A "house to which to flee" for settlers in colonial Pennsylvania.
Emmaus, Pennsylvania
A fascinating community art piece created by students, teachers, and noted Philadelphia artist Isaiah Zagar.
Groom Lake, Nevada
In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.
Amargosa Valley, Nevada
This enormous fiberglass cow near Death Valley National Park once graced a casino roof in Las Vegas.
Primm, Nevada
This mostly abandoned shopping outlet is now adorned with beautiful graffiti and murals.
Las Vegas, Nevada
The so-called "Father of Las Vegas" had the city's first telephone installed in his office in 1907.
Las Vegas, Nevada
A homage to the King at the hotel where he revived his career.
Las Vegas, Nevada
An overlooked monument to the celebrity gangster who helped put the sin in Sin City.
Boulder City, Nevada
An old railroad grade built for the construction of Hoover Dam is now a recreational trail featuring several tunnels and sweeping views of Lake Mead.
Chesterton, Indiana
The site of a 19th century "dream city" that almost rivaled Chicago before being swallowed by the Indiana sand dunes.
Lake George, New York
Of all the unique artifacts inside this library, a mummified hand stands out among the others.
Albany, New York
The largest Walmart Supercenter in the United States, referred to affectionately as “Mallmart,” has served the residents of Albany, New York, since 1994.
Boston, Massachusetts
An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.
Boston, Massachusetts
An easy-to-miss garden in Boston's North End honors the mother of JFK and others who lost children in WWII.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The sounds of the world's largest fully functioning pipe organ dazzle shoppers at a Philadelphia Macy's.
Port Jervis, New York
A pair of 19th-century granite markers symbolically record where the state boundaries of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania intersect.
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
This abandoned Poconos resort is haunted by a history of kitschy romance and a violent fugitive.
Schnecksville, Pennsylvania
An American industrialist hoped this nature preserve could help save the North American bison.
Pittston, Pennsylvania
Since the 1930s, this Pennsylvania town has celebrated the humble tomato.
Oak Hill, West Virginia
A humble plaque marks the site where the country music legend was found dead in his Cadillac.
Fairfield, Ohio
An unusual, super-sized grocery adventure awaits in an Ohio suburb.