Worcester, Massachusetts
Bancroft Tower
This miniature feudal castle was built on a whim to honor a US Navy pioneer.
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Worcester, Massachusetts
This miniature feudal castle was built on a whim to honor a US Navy pioneer.
Boston, Massachusetts
The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.
Boston, Massachusetts
The often-overlooked ruins of one of the first buildings designed by famous landscape architect Frederick Olmsted.
San Antonio, Texas
For over 75 years, this cute stone statue has warmed the hearts of San Antonio.
El Paso, Texas
A Bhutanese temple gifted from the isolated Himalayan kingdom is now a surprising cultural gem located at the University of Texas at El Paso.
San Antonio, Texas
The quirky gift from West Berlin for the 1968 World's Fair still stands in Hemisfair Park.
San Antonio, Texas
These boots are made for selfies.
Sweetwater, Texas
A tribute to the little-known group of women who were the first ever to fly aircraft in the U.S. military.
Nacogdoches, Texas
Witness to many historic moments in early Texas history.
Mineral Wells, Texas
This former Texas landfill is flush with 300 million-year-old fossils, all fit for the taking.
Tilden, Texas
"They died with their boots on."
Bushland, Texas
The top of a giant mesa, just outside of Amarillo, appears to float in the sky above.
Helotes, Texas
Over 100 million years ago, beach-bound dinosaurs left permanent marks on San Antonio's landscape.
Galveston, Texas
A decaying concrete oil tanker served as a disposal location for bootleg hootch.
Odessa, Texas
A collection of massive stacked rocks in Texas includes a snarky note on the benefits of modern technology.
Hearne, Texas
This one-woman cemetery was a small civil rights victory.
El Paso, Texas
Natural catch-basin rocks covered in thousands of drawings spanning many millennia.
Carthage, Texas
The only international border marker within the United States.
Schulenburg, Texas
Twenty churches beautifully painted by 19th-century Czech and German immigrants in Texas.
Aurora, Texas
This small town Texas cemetery is said to be the burial site of a UFO pilot who crashed in the 1800s.
Marble Falls Township, Texas
Civil War dumping ground for the bodies of terrorized Union sympathizers.
Fredericksburg, Texas
Abandoned railroad tunnel is home to a colony of three million Mexican free-tail bats.
Austin, Texas
Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.
Glen Rose, Texas
Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.