New Haven, Connecticut
East Rock Park
Panoramic views of the city of New Haven and the Long Island Sound, with a side of history.
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New Haven, Connecticut
Panoramic views of the city of New Haven and the Long Island Sound, with a side of history.
Cleveland, Ohio
The ruins of the suspension bridge hang over Kingsbury Run as a ghost of racial prejudice.
Barstow, California
Nationwide network of co-ownership underground catastrophe shelters.
Detroit, Michigan
This railway-turned-greenway provides a pedestrian link in downtown Detroit and celebrates urban artwork.
Oak Brook, Illinois
Museum dedicated to the art of cutting and polishing stones.
Los Angeles, California
Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.
Alexandria, Virginia
This stately building in Alexandria, Virginia was built by Freemasons to honor one of their most famous members.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
The oldest certified bowling alley in the United States is in the basement of this century-old bar.
Queens, New York
Piano-making empire filled with 200-year-old steam machines still churning out 1,000 instruments a year.
Chicago, Illinois
Orthodox church partially financed by Tsar Nicolas II.
Manchester, Maine
A strange mark in the stone fence of a cemetery fabled to have been made by the Devil himself.
Washington, D.C.
The first presidential bomb shelter was located in an old vault under the Treasury, connected to the White House via tunnel.
New York, New York
This Dutch Colonial home is the oldest remaining farmhouse in Manhattan.
Richmond, California
An abandoned Cold War missile radar site.
Ashland, Oregon
Shakespeare has been brought to life in this open air theater for the better part of a century.
New York, New York
A strangely angled West Village home is the only monument to an explosion that took the lives of three American revolutionaries.
Alexandria, Virginia
The narrowest house in America is seven feet of pure spite.
Amherst, Massachusetts
Founded by the famed children's book artist, this museum spreads an appreciation of the arts through picture books.
Rhinebeck, New York
The life of one of FDR's possible mistresses is preserved in her palatial Hudson Valley mansion.
Glen Cove, New York
The abandoned grounds and derelict greenhouses of this once-magnificent Edwardian estate are now a nature preserve open for exploration.
New York, New York
This New York holdover was built to provide housing for shopgirls and still does not allow men above the lobby.
Willow Creek, California
This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.
Jefferson City, Missouri
The maximum security facility was once thought to have "the bloodiest 47 acres in America."
Tucson, Arizona
A natural history wunderkammer in the middle of the desert.