Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Gloria Dei Old Swedes' Episcopal Church
The oldest active church in Pennsylvania is also the second oldest Swedish Church in the United States.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The oldest active church in Pennsylvania is also the second oldest Swedish Church in the United States.
San Luis Obispo, California
A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.
Muncie, Indiana
Muncie’s own authorized knockoff of one of America’s most famous (and debated) statues.
Muncie, Indiana
Campus sculpture has earned a reputation for responding to the hopes and dreams of those passing by.
Anderson, Indiana
Indiana’s largest prehistoric earthwork, aligned with the solstices.
Nashville, Indiana
In the hills of southern Indiana is the idyllic studio and museum of legendary artist T.C. Steele.
Jeffersonville, Indiana
This candy shop has been serving up sweets to the Louisville area since the 1850s.
Bedford, Indiana
The longest navigable underground river in the United States is home to countless blind and albino animals.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.
Gulf Shores, Alabama
This coastal port saw one of the most significant battles of the Civil War.
St. Augustine, Florida
Built around 1723, this is the oldest surviving home in the U.S.'s oldest colonial city.
Sleepy Hollow, New York
Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
Ensenada, Mexico
Legend says one of the world's largest marine geysers is actually a whale that got wedged within the rocks.
Cozumel, Mexico
The ruins of an important pilgrimage destination for worshippers of a Maya fertility goddess.
Mexico
A hidden treasure of an abandoned city lies deep in the jungles of Campeche, Mexico.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.
Altoona, Pennsylvania
Behold the rickety glory of one of the oldest roller coasters still standing.
Cincinnati, Ohio
Mussolini gave Cincinnati a bronze statue of Romulus and Remus suckling at a wolf's teats.
Fairfield, Ohio
An unusual, super-sized grocery adventure awaits in an Ohio suburb.
Ridgedale, Missouri
If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.
St. Louis, Missouri
Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.
Lincolnshire, Illinois
This sprawling mini-golf empire is an impressive testament to a disappearing attraction.
Indianapolis, Indiana
At the top of the hour, this steam-powered clock's eight brass whistles play "Back Home Again in Indiana."