Texas City, Texas
Texas City Memorial
This memorial marks the devastating day that Texas City was destroyed in a daisy chain of exploding ships.
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Texas City, Texas
This memorial marks the devastating day that Texas City was destroyed in a daisy chain of exploding ships.
Juneau, Alaska
A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
A trailblazing sovereign nation tucked in the American state of Wisconsin.
New York, New York
Revolutionary War casualties fill the only 17th century structure remaining in Manhattan.
Roosevelt, Arizona
This 40-room dwelling tucked within a cliff was built by the basin's prehistoric residents.
San Francisco, California
Guns that have been defending San Francisco since 1904.
San Jose, California
The rest of him lived another 61 years and was buried elsewhere.
Washington, D.C.
Art deco landmark on the outskirts of Washington, D.C.
Centerport, New York
A millionaire's abandoned swimming pool from the gilded age of one of America's most distinguished families.
Green Bank, West Virginia
This rural community has attracted both scientists and techno-refugees due to its federally-mandated lack of technology.
Gold Beach, Oregon
This historic steamboat is scuttled just a few hundred feet from where it was built over a hundred years ago.
Needham, Massachusetts
An elaborate, hidden model train in the Needham Town Forest.
Marion, Virginia
An eight-sided home built during a brief octagon craze in the 1850s.
White Lake, New York
These mouldering mansion ruins remember a time when the Catskills were nothing but luxury.
Charlotte, North Carolina
These strange large stones served as a campsite and lookout post for generations of Native Americans.
Kansas City, Missouri
Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.
Baltimore, Maryland
The design of this historic domed church was influenced by Thomas Jefferson and intended as a statement of religious freedom.
Griffin, Georgia
Could this grave be the true resting place of legendary gunfighter "Doc" Holliday? Unclear.
Bonne Terre, Missouri
A museum dedicated to man's boldest venture.
Fountain City, Indiana
This unassuming home was once “grand central station” for the Underground Railroad.
Los Angeles, California
A long-vacant Scottish Rite temple in Hollywood has been converted into an art museum filled with Masonic relics.
El Segundo, California
The Mighty Wurlitzer organ continues to belt out the tunes at downtown El Segundo's historic home for silent and classic movies.
Lincoln, Nebraska
A lifetime's accumulation of bric-a-brac and kitsch.
Modesto, California
An expansive and intricately restored mansion remains from over a century ago--and so do its ghosts.