Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Elkmont Historic District
An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
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Gatlinburg, Tennessee
An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Middlesboro, Kentucky
Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia meet at this point in the Cumberland Gap.
Florence, Kentucky
After a water tower painting was accused of being an ad, a simple fix was made that gave the city a motto.
Fairfield, Ohio
An unusual, super-sized grocery adventure awaits in an Ohio suburb.
Union, Kentucky
A life-sized recreation of the megafauna that once roamed this region is a feature at the birthplace of American paleontology.
Petersburg, Kentucky
A 70,000-square-foot institution dedicated to a very literal, creationist perspective on the Book of Genesis.
North Bend, Ohio
This tower-tomb honors a president who only held office for a little over a month but dedicated his life to his country.
Hamilton, Ohio
A former nuclear facility during the Cold War turned nature preserve.
Cincinnati, Ohio
This magnificent Cincinnati graveyard is also a popular public park.
Cincinnati, Ohio
An art deco ice cream shop covered in vintage tiles.
Farmington, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania's largest cave in Laurel Highlands becomes its first underground state park.
Farmington, Pennsylvania
The penultimate and final resting places of British General Edward Braddock—minus a few bits and pieces.
Boston, Massachusetts
This historic World War II ship is one of only 4 Fletcher-class destroyers remaining worldwide.
Boston, Massachusetts
Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.
Boston, Massachusetts
A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.
Cleveland, Ohio
The only depiction of Abraham Lincoln holding a weapon, and the names of all 9,000 Cuyahoga veterans of the Civil War.
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.
Cleveland, Ohio
Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.
Cleveland, Ohio
Marvel at this turn-of-the-century masterpiece that has been turned into a rather stately supermarket.
Kilchberg, Switzerland
A 30-foot-high stream of chocolate flows continuously at the Lindt Home of Chocolate.
Antalya, Turkey
This arch granting triumphal entrance into Antalya was designed to honor the emperor's visit.
Boston, Massachusetts
Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.
Worcester, Massachusetts
The Burnside Fountain and its questionable interpretation.
Worcester, Massachusetts
A grave surprise in the downtown area of New England's second-largest city.