Farmington, Pennsylvania
General Braddock's Gravesite(s)
The penultimate and final resting places of British General Edward Braddock—minus a few bits and pieces.
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Farmington, Pennsylvania
The penultimate and final resting places of British General Edward Braddock—minus a few bits and pieces.
Farmington, Pennsylvania
This historic furnace was once used to produce cannonballs during the Civil War.
Arthurdale, West Virginia
The brainchild of Eleanor Roosevelt, her "Little Village" was a collectivist dream.
Grafton, West Virginia
Two gems of Beaux Arts architecture that have been sitting vacant for years.
Smithfield, Pennsylvania
A miniature golf course crafted inside the world's largest simulated cave.
Somerset, Pennsylvania
This giant, rotating globe was built to celebrate the expansion of a company that makes steam cleaners and pressure washers.
Cumberland, Maryland
Maryland's first (and last standing) toll house on America's first federal road established the state as the "Gateway to the West."
Salisbury, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania's highest point is spotted with boulders which were pushed to the surface by nothing but cold.
Oldtown, Maryland
Despite violent work crews and massive delays this abandoned canal tunnel was built to last into the modern day.
Front Royal, Virginia
Crumbled shell of one of the oldest buildings in Virginia.
Boyce, Virginia
Every autumn, this grove of living fossils erupts in a blaze of brilliant golden-yellow leaves and stinky fruit.
Granite, Oklahoma
Dad jokes and wordplay abound in this comic fake cemetery.
Esperance, Australia
This is a full-scale replica of a complete Stonehenge made from locally quarried Esperance granite.
Belgrade, Serbia
This art installation pays homage to the famed stones of European lore.
Ahiaruhe, New Zealand
This modern New Zealand attraction honors ancient forms of astronomy and scientific understanding.
Salem, New Hampshire
America's oldest archaeological site or a muddled case of wishful thinking.
Munfordville, Kentucky
A local scoured more than 1,000 acres for stone to create his masterpiece.
Goldendale, Washington
A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.
Odessa, Texas
A collection of massive stacked rocks in Texas includes a snarky note on the benefits of modern technology.
Uvalde, Texas
A 17-foot-tall cutout of the Texas-born actor stands alongside the highway.
Sweetwater, Texas
A tribute to the little-known group of women who were the first ever to fly aircraft in the U.S. military.
Cisco, Texas
Hike the ruins of a zoo that was shut down by an unsolved murder.
Eastland, Texas
Legend says the horned lizard spent 31 years sealed in a time capsule before he was discovered alive.
Graford, Texas
The bridge continues the legacy of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal policy.