Evanston, Illinois
Grosse Point Lighthouse
A historic beacon built in the aftermath of the worst maritime disaster on the Great Lakes.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Barryville, New York
Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct Suspension Bridge
Oldest existing wire suspension bridge in the United States.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Casket Arts Building
A Building for Your (Former) Funerary Needs.
San Francisco, California
Site of 1906 Earthquake Refugee Camps
Approximately 250,000 people left homeless by the great earthquake and fires found shelter in Golden Gate Park.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis Manhole Covers
Downtown Minneapolis mixed art and function by turning some of their sewer covers into works of art.
Rochester, New York
The Dr. Seussophone
A Seussian sculpture made of brass instruments.
Los Angeles, California
Kinney-Tabor House
A gift from Abbot Kinney and a little bit of piece of Black history in Venice Beach.
Cleveland, Ohio
'Land of the Warres'
On a wall in Cleveland, Ohio find the story of a highly connected fictional community of organisms that created remarkable, lasting structures.
New York, New York
The Manhattan Eruv
This nearly invisible wire transforms much of the city into one big, symbolic home on the holy day.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Mike the Tiger
The LSU mascot lived on the college campus in one of the most impressive tiger habitats in the country.
Fairfield, Maine
L.C. Bates Museum
This eclectic natural history collection holds everything from a bit of the trans-atlantic cable to Hemingway's marlin.
Brooklyn, New York
Red Hook Winery
Brooklyn vintners creating world-class wine in a city not known for its vineyards.
Creve Coeur, Missouri
Saint Louis Abbey
Famous church recognized for both its unique design and disciplined monks that live according to the Benedictine discipline.
Seneca Falls, New York
When Anthony Met Stanton
This statue commemorates the meeting of the most influential minds of the women’s rights movement.
Los Angeles, California
Traffic Circle Gondola
A lonely Gondola stuck on a traffic circle sits in a spot where it once would have floated down the Grand Canal.
Prineville, Oregon
Steins Pillar
This great stone guardian of the forest is a relic from the land's volatile volcanic past.
Washington, D.C.
Capital Transit Co. Streetcar Barn
Before Metro, Washington had a robust streetcar network—and you see the remains of this infrastructure if you know where to look.
Washington, D.C.
The Tabulating Machine Co.
The early data processor factory founded in Washington for the 1890 U.S. Census went on to become IBM.
Mount Charleston, Nevada
Silent Heroes of the Cold War National Memorial
A memorial to the unknown and unheralded men and women of the Cold War military and intelligence services.
Los Angeles, California
The LAPD Kōban
Common all over Japan, kōbans are small community police boxes, and now one is guarding one of L.A.’s megamalls.
Tallahassee, Florida
The Phillips Mausoleum
This historic crypt was said to have been designed and built by the very person who is buried inside of it.
Heber Springs, Arkansas
Collins Creek Cascade and Trout Stream
A wild trout fishery in Arkansas.
Vidalia, Georgia
Vidalia Onion Museum
A sweet tribute to Georgia's official state vegetable, which even has its own mascot: "Yumion."
Albany, New York
The First Shaker Village
The first American home of the isolated, egalitarian religion has a trove of Shaker architecture and artifacts.
