Indio, California
Dr. June McCarroll Monument
A monument to the frontier doctor who came up with the idea of delineating highways with a painted line.
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Indio, California
A monument to the frontier doctor who came up with the idea of delineating highways with a painted line.
Grand Rapids, Michigan
On the right bank of the Grand River a plaque remembers an imaginary painter who once awaited his youth.
Queens, New York
Where the four original members of the Ramones hung out and revolutionized punk rock.
Woodstock, Vermont
A bygone village occupation lives on via this quaint public chalkboard.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
One of just a few cities in the world to base their center of government on an island. Others: Paris and Osaka.
Mayo, Florida
Florida's first suspension bridge.
Lyme, Connecticut
Final resting place of the actress famed for her roles in Dark Shadows and Dario Argento's Suspiria.
Wamego, Kansas
This historic church is named for abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher and the ruse to arm his fellow abolitionists.
Norfolk, Virginia
America's second-oldest brick baseball stadium was home to a legendary WWII series that only sailors got to see.
Earle, Arkansas
A restored schoolhouse was once a vital part of the Black mill workers community in Arkansas.
Blanchard, North Dakota
This sky-high radio mast is formerly the tallest man-made structure in the world.
Athens, Ohio
A rare particle accelerator with a tremendous energy range is tucked away at Ohio University.
Cairo, Illinois
The lowest point in the state of Illinois, at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.
United States
The world's only underwater laboratory where "aquanauts" study oceanic life.
Stony Point, New York
Hundreds of numbered stakes hidden in the woods mark the graves of the lost souls of a nearby asylum.
Sudbury, Massachusetts
This dam in the woods, built by Henry Ford with only manpower and oxen, holds no water and serves no purpose.
Ishpeming, Michigan
Egyptian Revival obelisks still rise over the old mine shafts.
Brooklyn, New York
Enormous one time fiber mill now houses local artists and small businesses.
Brooklyn, New York
Church featuring "high Victorian gothic" architecture.
Weaverville, California
This Taoist temple is the oldest continuously used Chinese temple in California.
Baltimore, Maryland
Wedged between two sets of row houses is an awkwardly located family graveyard.
Littleton, New Hampshire
A town wears its heart on the sleeve of a smiling girl, arms flung wide open in a cheerful greeting for all who encounter her.
Brooklyn, New York
This metal eagle one of the final remnants of a newspaper that wanted to keep Brooklyn to Brooklyn.
Jacksonville, Florida
After serving in Vietnam, Korea, and even a stint in the Turkish navy, the unique ship is now open as a museum.