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Cap0396

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I like traveling and finding unusual, known and off the beaten path discoveries.

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Kinzie Street Bridge

Chicago, Illinois

Kinzie Street Bridge

In 2004, a Dave Matthews Band tour bus dumped 800 pounds of waste off a bridge and onto an unsuspecting tour boat below.

The sign that mentions the site's significance.

Stockbridge, Massachusetts

Site of Alice's Restaurant

You can get anything you want at the former site of the restaurant immortalized by Arlo Guthrie.

US 1 Mile 0 sign.

Key West, Florida

U.S. Route 1 Mile 0 Sign

The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.

Andy Gump Statue

Lake Geneva, Wisconsin

Andy Gump Statue

An unusual statue in Wisconsin of the first daily comic strip character.

Bob Newhart Statue

Chicago, Illinois

Bob Newhart Statue

Honoring the star of the “The Bob Newhart Show” which took place in the city of Chicago in the 1970s.

Roadside "shrine", to help identify the location

Belle Fourche, South Dakota

Geographical Center of the Entire United States

Despite monuments in other locations, this spot in a South Dakota field is recognized by the U.S. National Geodetic Survey as the center of the 50 states.

Inside the Merry Widow Health Mine

Basin, Montana

Merry Widow Health Mine

What if the cure for all that ails you was as simple as repeated exposure to low-dose radon?

Artists of the Wall Painted Bench

Chicago, Illinois

Artists of the Wall Painted Bench

These murals have been brightening a Chicago beach for more than 30 years.

Palmer Tomb

Chicago, Illinois

Graceland Cemetery

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans’ graves.

The hole, as pictured in Dumaine's original tweet
Permanently Closed

Chicago, Illinois

Chicago Rat Hole

The rodent-shaped sidewalk imprint that earned worldwide media attention.

Terminal

Chicago, Illinois

Meigs Field Tower and Terminal

The last remnants of a lakeside airport that was bulldozed overnight by the mayor of Chicago.

3-20-21

Sylva, North Carolina

The Fugitive Train Wreck

The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie 'The Fugitive' can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.

The old Appalachian Club.

Gatlinburg, Tennessee

Elkmont Historic District

An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

‘A Christmas Story’ House and Museum

Cleveland, Ohio

‘A Christmas Story’ House and Museum

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

The Baker House

Lake Geneva, Wisconsin

The Baker House

This lakefront cottage was crafted in the 1800s and was once a sanitorium.

Here stands the Rose Hill Mausoleum.

Peoria, Illinois

Springdale Cemetery

This graveyard is home to the so-called "Witch's Circle."

A monument to the site stands near the entrance to the recreation area.

Chicago, Illinois

Nike Missile Site C-44

A relic of the Cold War in Chicago.

a wood-carved, painted thunderbird sits on a pole in front of a blue sky

Chicago, Illinois

Kwa-Ma-Rolas Totem Pole

Kwanu'sila the Thunderbird has been silently watching over Chicago for more than 100 years (kind of).

Balbo Monument

Chicago, Illinois

Balbo Monument

How did a 2,000-year-old Roman column find its way to a Chicago park?

Google Garage

Menlo Park, California

Google Garage

In 1998, Larry Page and Sergey Brin briefly ran their fledgling company from this Silicon Valley garage.

The final marker

San Francisco, California

Western Terminus of the Lincoln Highway

The United States' first transcontinental automobile road came to its end at this spot in San Francisco's Lincoln Park.

July 2023

Chicago, Illinois

The World's Columbian Exhibition of 1893

What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.

Cosmic Ray Detectors

Chicago, Illinois

Cosmic Ray Detectors

One of the largest pieces of scientific equipment ever carried on a NASA space shuttle sits in a Chicago alley.

Cemetery

Geneva, Illinois

Illinois State Training School Cemetery

This cemetery is all that remains of a school for "wayward" girls.

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