Woodstock, Maine
The World's Largest Telephone
A giant telephone commemorates the last "crank" call ever made in the U.S.
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Woodstock, Maine
A giant telephone commemorates the last "crank" call ever made in the U.S.
Bethel, Maine
A showcase of geologic history is home to one of the largest collection of lunar meteorites on Earth.
Margate, England
Overlooking the seaside town of Margate stands a tribute to an artist's lover.
Talasea, Papua New Guinea
Two World War II aircraft lie within the jungle around this abandoned runway.
Lincoln, New Hampshire
Come for the gun-toting hillbilly madman, stay for the ice-cream loving basketball bears.
Meredith, New Hampshire
One of the two USPS mailboats left in service docks regularly at Weirs Beach, Bear Island, and other Lake Winnipesaukee islands to deliver their mail.
Wolfeboro, New Hampshire
The 100-year-old public collection of a New Hampshire dentist that contains taxidermy, Native American artifacts, and a pair of mummy hands.
Carroll, New Hampshire
A beautiful Gilded Age hotel in the White Mountains with surprising diplomatic history.
St. Johnsbury, Vermont
A 150-square-foot masterpiece of American landscape art is the crown jewel of this library and art gallery in Vermont.
Littleton, New Hampshire
According to the experts at the Guinness World's Record office, this is the longest candy counter in the world.
Bartlett, New Hampshire
This cabin survived a landslide that killed its owners.
Warren, New Hampshire
Maybe the only missile installed in a public park, this Cold War leftover was one of the first to carry a nuclear warhead.
Woodstock, New Hampshire
These towering spires and glowing walls are carefully crafted from hundreds of thousands of icicles.
Marshall Islands
The birthplace of both the Atomic Age and Godzilla, and the namesake of the bathing suit.
Seria, Brunei
A monument built to commemorate the billionth barrel of oil extracted from the Seria oil field in Brunei.
Nashtifan, Iran
The vertical-axis windmills of ancient Persia have been grinding flour for 1,000 years and counting.
Oswego, New York
This Upstate New York park squeezes a lot of history into its two-acre triangular space.
Chippewa Bay, New York
This island castle contains enough secret passageways to support a season of Scooby-Doo episodes.
Auburn, New York
Opened in 1947, this is the oldest continuously-operating drive-in theater in New York.
Interlaken, New York
The final resting place for the famed creator and narrator of "The Twilight Zone."
Romulus, New York
Launch vegetables using oversized slingshots at this Fingerlakes winery's roadside attraction.
Waterloo, New York
A historic home with ties to the abolition and suffrage movements.
Romulus, New York
World's largest herd of white deer populate a former U.S. Army depot.
Pittston, Pennsylvania
The graffitied ruins stand hidden within the Pennsylvania woods.