Thomasville, Georgia
Lapham-Patterson House
A beautifully detailed Victorian house designed to be easy to flee, built by a man haunted by fire.
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Thomasville, Georgia
A beautifully detailed Victorian house designed to be easy to flee, built by a man haunted by fire.
Memphis, Tennessee
This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.
Clark County, Nevada
This massive geographical sculpture is so subtle, it's possible to pass by it without noticing.
Zanesville, Ohio
A favorite of Amelia Earhart, ranking among those rare bridges that can be crossed without changing sides of the river.
Paris, France
This Parisian fountain is a little bit fantasy and a little bit nightclub.
Paradise, Michigan
This lighthouse and shipwreck museum keep a torch burning for the memory of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.
Angle Inlet, Minnesota
America's silhouette includes 100 square miles of wilderness jutting into Canada thanks to an old mapmaking error.
Tuskegee, Alabama
Booker T. Washington's home at the Tuskegee Institute was a gem of splendor.
Oregon City, Oregon
The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.
Richmond, California
A B&B on a Victorian lighthouse station in San Francisco Bay.
Lisbon, Portugal
This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”
Chantilly, Virginia
At Washington's Dulles Airport is a satellite museum (no pun intended) with three quarters of a million square feet of aircraft history.
Jerome, Arizona
A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.
Tucson, Arizona
Sleep where gangsters fell amidst smoke and flame, with nary a bullethole to show for the legendary struggle.
Cincinnati, Ohio
This magnificent Cincinnati graveyard is also a popular public park.
Shanghai, China
This psychedelic tourist trap is a leisurely descent into madness.
Saint Joseph, Michigan
This museum remembers an apocalyptic cult that became more famous for baseball than religious radicalism.
Royal National Park, Australia
A sparkling sandstone cliffside that's worth a visit while it still exists.
Madrid, Spain
Over two centuries old and counting, Madrid's massive botanical garden contains one of Europe's only desert environments.
Moundville, Alabama
A collection of huge Pre-Colombian structures in Alabama.
New York, New York
A quiet and contemplative oasis in the middle of New York's bustle and riot.
Utrecht, Netherlands
This still-celebrated home was a radical architectural experiment in 3D De Stijl.
Petersburg, New York
This locally-famous crevasse in New York State is icy all year round.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
A model of a dinosaur that was named for Andrew Carnegie stands outside the museum that also bears his name.