Fort Washington, Maryland
Remains of Truxton Circle Fountain
Remains of a historic fountain that was mysteriously lost in the demolition of a D.C. traffic circle.
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Fort Washington, Maryland
Remains of a historic fountain that was mysteriously lost in the demolition of a D.C. traffic circle.
Ochopee, Florida
The smallest post office in the United States is no bigger than a broom closet.
DeFuniak Springs, Florida
The highest point in Florida is still the lowest high point in the country.
Hohenwald, Tennessee
This simple, broken column marks the final resting place of one of America's most famous explorers.
Washington, D.C.
The institution is sitting on a goldmine of 21,000 paints, varnishes, pigments, and primers preserved for posterity.
New York, New York
Long-forgotten artifacts give incredible insight into New York's most glamorous hotel.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
A 19th-century Gothic, castle-like statehouse by the Mississippi River.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.
Taylors Falls, Minnesota
A stone face watches over the river.
Northome, Minnesota
A mapping error in the 19th century made loggers think this section of the forest was underwater.
Brookline, Massachusetts
This Dutch-styled residential building was originally a cocoa company's World's Fair showpiece.
Commerce City, Colorado
Over 1.3 million confiscated wildlife products fill this macabre menagerie of illegal animal specimens.
Littleton, Colorado
The final resting place of a 19th-century gold prospector and convicted cannibal.
Clarksdale, Mississippi
Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.
White River Junction, Vermont
Taxonomy experiment known for quirky collections.
St. Louis, Missouri
The red brick house where the father of rock 'n' roll wrote some of his classic hits.
Grand Saline, Texas
A small "palace" and museum made of, and devoted entirely, to salt.
Crescent, Oregon
This extinct shield volcano is the lightning rod of the Cascades.
Hot Springs, Arkansas
This quirky Arkansas wax museum does not shy away from the macabre and the grotesque.
Washington, D.C.
There’s a special club house at the top for the bell ringers.
St. Francisville, Louisiana
A Rodeo for Prisoners.
Baltimore, Maryland
A faded sign from the 1920s remembers Baltimore's resistance toward banning alcohol.
Hartford, Connecticut
The oldest place in Hartford is a cemetery with thousands of bodies stacked beneath the grass.
St. Louis, Missouri
An abandoned factory along the Mississippi coated by a giant mural.