Riverton, West Virginia
Spruce Knob
Near-constant high winds deform the trees on Spruce Knob, the highest point in West Virginia.
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Riverton, West Virginia
Near-constant high winds deform the trees on Spruce Knob, the highest point in West Virginia.
St. Marys, Georgia
Interactive modern and vintage submarine equipment, World War II relics, and submarine attire.
Washington, D.C.
D.C.'s first central library was born out of a chance encounter with the philanthropist whose name it bears.
Upper Darby, Pennsylvania
One of the oldest log cabins in America is one of the last of its kind this historic Swedish dwelling remains a piece of living history.
Rutland, Vermont
A beautiful, creepy 19th-century castle stands incongruously in rural Vermont.
Detroit, Michigan
Enormous small-business mecca in the Midwest, serving dozens of artists.
Addison, Illinois
Cold War missile launch site which has been converted to a public park.
Rye, New Hampshire
Stumps of an Ice Age forest, visible only at low tide.
Virginia City, Nevada
These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.
Nashville, Tennessee
When Motown musicians came to Nashville in the 1960s they stayed at this historic record-pressing company because hotels wouldn't host them.
Berkley, Massachusetts
A coastal rock outcrop with mysterious inscriptions variously attributed to Native Americans, Portuguese, Phoenicians, Norse, and more.
Big Sur, California
It's not your typical library, memorial, or book store.
Seattle, Washington
What's that on the side of that building? Va Va Voom, it's Bettie!
Salt Lake City, Utah
Pyramid home to an obscure religious group that practices modern mummification.
Beatty, Nevada
The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.
New York, New York
The highest point on the island known for buildings that touch the sky.
Indianapolis, Indiana
This library and museum is dedicated to the life and literature of the Indianapolis native author.
Kansas City, Missouri
The world's largest collection of fine-scale miniatures and one the nation's largest collections of antique toys.
Versailles, Ohio
The final resting place of the most famous sharpshooter.
Washington, D.C.
The oldest continuously operating fish market in the United States.
Grass Valley, California
The Empire Mine is "one of the oldest, largest, deepest, longest and richest gold mines in California."
Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Paranormal activity on the great lakes.
Huntington Park, California
Where religious effigies, magic soaps, and occult candles are brought to customers at wholesale prices.
Oakland, California
International delicatessen has been owned and operated by the same family for more than 110 years.