Wall, South Dakota
Wall Drug
The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.
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Wall, South Dakota
The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.
Custer, South Dakota
The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.
Spring Green, Wisconsin
A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.
Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
An Olympic hero stripped of his medals is buried in a town he never visited, which took his name after his death.
Hershey, Pennsylvania
This extraordinary Depression-era expenditure was modeled after a postcard of a Mediterranean hotel.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A daily replay of the experiment that proved the rotation of the Earth.
Altoona, Pennsylvania
Behold the rickety glory of one of the oldest roller coasters still standing.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Yo, Adrian!
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.
Kutztown, Pennsylvania
In which a local geological marvel becomes a quaint roadside attraction.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.
Aristes, Pennsylvania
A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.
Waterbury, Vermont
The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.
Franconia, New Hampshire
A serene plaza that commemorates one of the Granite State's most iconic figures.
Jackson, New Hampshire
The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.
Salem, Massachusetts
A museum dedicated exclusively to the lore and history of ouija boards.
Salem, Massachusetts
The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.
Edgartown, Massachusetts
The filming location of a shark attack in Steven Spielberg’s famous shark movie.
Adams, Massachusetts
Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.
Salem, Massachusetts
The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.