Baltimore, Maryland
The Horse You Came In On Saloon
A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.
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Baltimore, Maryland
A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.
New Portland, Maine
This Maine bridge may be the last wire-supported bridge of its type in the world.
New York, New York
A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.
Fort Worth, Texas
A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.
Austin, Texas
Austin’s nonprofit-run graffiti park where street art is meant to be painted over.
Austin, Texas
This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.
Austin, Texas
Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.
Hamer, South Carolina
I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.
Lake Buena Vista, Florida
Disney World's very first waterpark is now an abandoned ruin being reclaimed by the swamp.
Koloa, Hawaii
This blowhole is supposedly caused by a trapped monster.
Cabazon, California
The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.
Carlsbad, California
Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.
Natural Bridge, Virginia
A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.
Fayetteville, West Virginia
One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.
Bangor, Maine
This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.
Bangor, Maine
The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.
Washington, D.C.
Home to items never before seen by the public.
Ellicott City, Maryland
Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.
Ellicott City, Maryland
The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.
Dripping Springs, Texas
An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.
Austin, Texas
One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.
Austin, Texas
Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.
San Juan Capistrano, California
Oldest building in California still in use.