Sweetwater, Tennessee
Lost Sea
Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.
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Sweetwater, Tennessee
Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
This monumental Jesus is often referred to as "Our Milk Carton With Arms."
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
This haunted hotel built on natural springs once served as a hospital for a quack doctor promising a cure for cancer.
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
An extravagant western hotel where every floor is the "ground floor."
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.
Shartlesville, Pennsylvania
An indoor miniature village and labor of love for Laurence Geiringer, a model railroad enthusiast.
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.
Kutztown, Pennsylvania
In which a local geological marvel becomes a quaint roadside attraction.
Reading, Pennsylvania
A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.
Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
This historic old movie house was the scene of one of the Blob's most iconic attacks.
Pottstown, Pennsylvania
A modern ghost town whose inhabitants were driven away by the growth of nuclear power.
Glenslane, Ireland
This singular Irish dolmen is more Frank Lloyd Wright than upright stonehenge.
Ireland
Mortarless walls that stretch for miles are a lovely solution for creating grazing land in the harsh terrain of the Aran Islands.
Inisheer, Ireland
A steam trawler with a whiskey-soaked history driven ashore in 1960 resides rusty but still standing on the shoreline.
Corofin, Ireland
A hugely vast Irish landscape of barren rock that stretches for miles.
Dowth, Ireland
The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.
Dublin, Ireland
A particularly disconcerting tribute to Irish martyrs.
Dublin, Ireland
One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.
Meath, Ireland
An ancient neolithic tomb that only sees the sun twice a year.
Huntsville, Texas
The world's tallest statue of an American hero.
Waco, Texas
Official museum, hall of fame, and repository of the Texas Rangers.
Waco, Texas
Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.
Katy, Texas
Scale replica of China's ancient terracotta tomb warriors and Forbidden City are the side project of an eccentric millionaire.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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