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Magruder's Blacksmith Shop

Bethesda, Maryland

Magruder's Blacksmith Shop

One of the oldest standing structures in Montgomery County, Maryland.

Dawson-Bailey Spring Site

Arlington, Virginia

Dawson-Bailey Spring Site

This site is believed to be connected to the oldest house in Arlington County.

Ben's Chili Bowl Mural

Washington, D.C.

Ben's Chili Bowl Mural

A gorgeous mural outside a beloved D.C. restaurant pays homage to famous Black Americans.

Covered for many years until renovations in the ‘70s and ‘80s, the glass skylight now lets in sun and offers a glimpse of the clock tower.

Washington, D.C.

Old Post Office Tower

The National Park Service’s best-kept secret with views that rival any in D.C.

Deep in the forest
Permanently Closed

Lexington, Oregon

The Duplicative Forest

Remember that scene in the Matrix, when Neo is in the big white room with all the weapons flying by? Well, this is what it would look like if he had wanted trees instead of guns.

Bunkers looking North (I-84 view)

Hermiston, Oregon

Umatilla Chemical Depot

A stunning landscape of bunkers that once stored chemical weapons.

A view of the enormous centerpiece of African animals

Ritzville, Washington

Lasting Legacy Wildlife Museum

A diorama lover's dream world.

Photo by James Woodcock.

Bozeman, Montana

American Computer Museum

See the computer’s history revealed over the course of 20,000 years.

Pompey's Pillar

Worden, Montana

Pompey's Pillar

The last physical evidence of the Lewis and Clark trail is one of their autographs etched into this giant rock.

"Stan" the T-rex, on exhibit

Glendive, Montana

Glendive Dinosaur Museum

This museum is dedicated to telling the story of dinosaurs from a creationist perspective. 

Cap Rocks

Glendive, Montana

Makoshika State Park

The oldest badlands in North America, Makoshika State Park takes it name from the Lakota words for broken land.

Wild West Chateau

Medora, North Dakota

Chateau de Mores

Home of a French nobleman's short-lived attempt at raising cattle in the Badlands of North Dakota.

Salem Sue

New Salem, North Dakota

Salem Sue

The world's largest Holstein cow.

Gravesite of Lenard Mennes

Bismarck, North Dakota

Gravesite of Lenard Mennes

Mennes invented the tags we all place annually upon our license plates, and his story is told frankly and in full upon his headstone.

White Cloud, as photographed by Carroll Wentland.

Jamestown, North Dakota

Legendary Albino Buffalo

Three legendary, living albino buffalo roaming their pastures for all to see.

The Wedding Cake House.

Kennebunk, Maine

The Wedding Cake House

The most photographed house in Maine looks good enough to eat.

From above.

Portland, Maine

Fort Gorges

Accessible only by boat, this centuries-old island fort never saw troops or combat.

Modern-day Moulton Mansion, a private residence

Hampton, New Hampshire

Moulton Mansion

The mansion and cenotaph of the New Hampshire Faust.

Lenny the Chocolate Moose

Scarborough, Maine

Lenny the Chocolate Moose

This 1,700-pound edible sculpture is way better than your average chocolate mousse.

Eartha. Europe Africa Asia

Yarmouth, Maine

Eartha

The world's largest rotating world.

Desert of Maine

Freeport, Maine

The Desert of Maine

This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.

McDonald's in Freeport, ME.

Freeport, Maine

Freeport McDonald's

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

Part of the Maine Shore Line Railroad

Hancock, Maine

Old Pond Railway Trail

Walk the same tracks that once ferried Gilded Age aristocrats to their vacation destinations.

Close-up of the cursed stain

Bucksport, Maine

Cursed Memorial of Colonel Buck

Stone monument honoring a town founder has a witch-boot shaped stain and a curse to go with it.

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