Asheville, North Carolina
North Carolina Arboretum
These tree-filled acres are also filled with history, hiking and a celebration of Appalachian crafts.
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Asheville, North Carolina
These tree-filled acres are also filled with history, hiking and a celebration of Appalachian crafts.
Charlotte, North Carolina
Rare videos and memorabilia await visitors inside this unique store.
Charlotte, North Carolina
These strange large stones served as a campsite and lookout post for generations of Native Americans.
Charlotte, North Carolina
A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.
Morganton, North Carolina
An eclectic store sells obscure vinyl recordings of Charles Manson and Jim Jones, along with many other oddities.
Jacksonville, Florida
Must form and function forever remain at odds? Not if the Florida Department of Transportation has its way.
Ormond Beach, Florida
Faded remnants of the entrance to a Mediterranean-style resort that never fully came to life.
Passau, Germany
A park where the Inn and Ilz rivers join the Danube as it slinks off into Austria.
Niagara Falls, New York
One of many reminders of Tesla's scientific contributions overlooks the falls which inspired him.
Abingdon, Virginia
At one of the nation’s longest-running professional theaters, the audience used to barter for tickets with produce and livestock.
Charleston, South Carolina
An advertising mural tempering the behavior of Charleston’s children since the late 1800s.
Dobson, North Carolina
Visit one, or all six, of the stops on this tour of a North Carolina signature sweet.
Charlottesville, Virginia
Thomas Jefferson's estate is home to hundreds of varieties of historic fruits and vegetables.
Washington, D.C.
Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.
Washington, D.C.
A derelict bit of infrastructure from the canal that once ran through D.C. is landlocked in the heart of the city.
Washington, D.C.
D.C. once had its own tiny rival to the New York Stock Exchange.
Centralia, Pennsylvania
A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.
Aristes, Pennsylvania
A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.
Ashland, Pennsylvania
An underground blaze turned this village into a ghost town.
Ashland, Pennsylvania
The only geyser in the state of Pennsylvania is caused by pressure from an abandoned coal mine outside of the ghost town Centralia.
Washington, D.C.
There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.
East Haddam, Connecticut
This picturesque Victorian ghost town was once a thriving mill community.
East Haddam, Connecticut
Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage.
Meriden, Connecticut
A lone tower rises above the cliffs in a city park, offering fantastic views of the Connecticut landscape.