Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Weeksville Airship Hangar
During World War II, blimps were a key part of the United States' defense against German U-boats—this building could house a dozen of the armed airships.
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Elizabeth City, North Carolina
During World War II, blimps were a key part of the United States' defense against German U-boats—this building could house a dozen of the armed airships.
Norfolk, Virginia
A sculpture made from recycled materials and hand-blown glass dedicated to transportation and transformation.
Hull, Massachusetts
The last remaining attraction from Paragon Park.
Hingham, Massachusetts
Plans for this peninsula included houses, the United Nations Headquarters, and a nuclear power plant. When none of them worked out, it became an expansive park.
Weymouth, Massachusetts
Site of an oft forgotten and revolutionary battle.
Quincy, Massachusetts
The world's only surviving heavy cruiser has a haunting history.
Quincy, Massachusetts
This small shop walked so America could run on Dunkin'.
Quincy, Massachusetts
The homestead of American patriot John Adams.
Boston, Massachusetts
An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.
Boston, Massachusetts
Site of the first World Series
Boston, Massachusetts
In 1958, an MIT fraternity pledge laid down on this bridge and instituted a new, unique unit of measurement.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.
Boston, Massachusetts
This bronze sculpture was inspired by a photograph of Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife embracing after he won the Nobel Peace Prize.
Boston, Massachusetts
This mosaic commemorates the oldest subway tunnel and station in the United States.
Boston, Massachusetts
19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!
Boston, Massachusetts
The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.
Boston, Massachusetts
This steep slide at a kids’ playground went viral after an police officer tumbled down it.
St. Petersburg, Florida
A creative deviation in this post office's design was once a source of controversy.
St. Petersburg, Florida
The world's largest collection of autographed baseballs can be found at the St. Petersburg Museum of History.
Enterprise, Alabama
Monument to the cotton-destroying boll weevil.
Georgia
Hidden up a dusty track off the Georgian Military Road is this fascinating waterfall with mountainous views.
Georgia
Take respite inside this jaw-dropping church while climbing the volcano where Georgia's Prometheus was once chained.
Stepantsminda, Georgia
Unexpected work of street art in a remote Caucasus mountain town.
Toti, Georgia
The oldest ruins at this castle overlooking Georgia's Terek River Valley date back to the 10th century.