Seattle, Washington
Howe Street Stairs
Spanning an elevation of 160 feet and containing 388 steps, this is Seattle's longest staircase.
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Seattle, Washington
Spanning an elevation of 160 feet and containing 388 steps, this is Seattle's longest staircase.
San Antonio, Texas
Ruins of a once-opulent grand Victorian resort.
Malvern, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvanian mass grave and possibly mass murder.
Flagstaff, Arizona
An artificial crater field that trained astronauts for lunar exploration.
Tallahassee, Florida
This fairytale-inspired cottage was created by a university literature professor.
Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Unicorns, elephants, and bears, oh my!
Adams, Massachusetts
Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.
Mackinac Island, Michigan
Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.
Willow Springs, Illinois
The final resting place of the world's first nuclear reactor.
Havre de Grace, Maryland
Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.
San Diego County, California
The world's largest wooden trestle stretches across this desert canyon in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.
Pasadena, California
A cobblestone alley with an interesting past.
Quincy, Massachusetts
Trash escaped from a landfill to fill beaches with all kinds of treasure.
Orlando, Florida
Hundreds of skulls and bones at the largest skeleton museum in the country.
Los Angeles, California
What began with a single, 357-pound chunk of the Canyon Diablo meteorite grew to be an impressive collection.
New Haven, Connecticut
137 graves holding New England's earliest residents.
Lexington, Kentucky
Outstanding collection of 19th century medical instruments includes a life-size figure cast from as many as 200 cadavers.
Boulder, Colorado
This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.
Sandyston, New Jersey
Whimsical artist house in the New Jersey woods.
Summerville, South Carolina
First established in 1696, this settlement was abandoned after the Revolutionary War.
Chicago, Illinois
The 606 is a decade in the making.
Fredericksburg, Texas
Abandoned railroad tunnel is home to a colony of three million Mexican free-tail bats.
Waxhaw, North Carolina
Trace the history of writing at this unusual North Carolina destination.