Laredo, Texas
World Trade Bridge
The biggest drug trafficking passage between Mexico and the U.S.
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
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Pierre Part, Louisiana
Cypress Swamp Driftwood Family Museum
This Louisiana folk art gallery is a gnarled collection of driftwood homonculi.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
First National Bank Building Skyway
Built in 1931, this small passageway is believed to be the first modern skyway.
Fremont, Michigan
National Baby Food Festival
Week-long festival in the baby food capital of the world.
Rancho Mirage, California
Sunnylands
You don't have to be a diplomat to visit the so-called Camp David of the West.
Brooklyn, New York
Site of Continental Iron Works
Where the Monitor was launched and ushered in the age of the "ironclads."
Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn Cruise Terminal in Red Hook
A cruise terminal that changes the atmosphere of Red Hook's industrial waterfront.
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Brooklyn, New York
Webb and Bell
One of the first major shipyards in Brooklyn.
San Antonio, Texas
Educación
A colorful public mural in San Antonio's West Side encourages students to stay in school.
Canastota, New York
International Boxing Hall of Fame
Celebrating the greatest pugilists the world has ever known.
Schoharie, New York
Site of the First Known Free Open-Air Motion Picture Presentation
A tiny village in Upstate New York ushered in the precursor to drive-in movies.
Newport, Rhode Island
Hunter House
The first newspaper printed by an expeditionary force was published in this colonial mansion.
San Antonio, Texas
San Fernando Cathedral City Centers
Conflicting markers on its floor tell a tale of two city centers in San Antonio.
Austin, Texas
Big Bertha Drum
Controversially claiming the title of world's biggest bass drum, UT's Big Bertha was once made radioactive by the Manhattan Project.
Long Branch, New Jersey
Garfield Tea House
A small structure built from used railroad ties honors the short term of America's 20th president.
Akron, New York
Destroyer Park Golf
A masked wrestling legend has opened the first U.S. course devoted to a meditative Japanese golf variant.
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Thorndike, Maine
Bryant Stove and Music
A couple's 60-year love of collecting is on display at this unique stove repair shop in Maine.
Newport, Rhode Island
Grave of Ann Franklin
The widow of Benjamin Franklin's brother became the first female newspaper editor in the United States.
Arlington, Virginia
Arlington Temple United Methodist Church
This church built atop a gas station promises to "equip you for the next stage in your life’s journey."
Evansville, Indiana
Isaac Knight Memorial
A tribute to a 13-year-old boy who was kidnapped in 1793 and escaped over two years later.
Weymouth, Massachusetts
Grape Island Straw Alarm
Site of an oft forgotten and revolutionary battle.
Brooklyn, New York
The Red Hook Community Justice Center
An experimental, community court opened in 2000 takes a new approach to youth offenders in south Brooklyn.
Queens, New York
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Cemetery
The graveyard holds the remains of Irish immigrants who arrived in Queens after fleeing the Great Famine.
Brooklyn, New York
Van Brunt St Fire House (H & L Engine Co 101, Engine 202)
Where there’s manufacturing, there’s fire!
