Eastham, Massachusetts
Billingsgate Island
The Atlantis of Cape Cod reemerges during the lowest of tides.
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Eastham, Massachusetts
The Atlantis of Cape Cod reemerges during the lowest of tides.
Marazion, England
A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.
Barbâtre, France
This submersible road connecting a French island to the mainland is lined with safety towers for when the tide strands travelers.
Newquay, England
Sometimes an island, sometimes a rocky outcropping connected to the world by a tiny suspension bridge.
Holy Island of Lindisfarne, England
Twice a day this ancient path disappears with the tides, leaving the Holy Island of Lindisfarne out to sea.
Chicago, Illinois
An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.
Chicago, Illinois
The faint remains of a Polish news empire still linger.
Chicago, Illinois
You can take a class, browse the library, or visit the lavish lair of an international men's humor society.
Bartlett, Illinois
This elaborate Hindu temple is located in a Chicago suburb, but looks like it was transported directly from India.
Chicago, Illinois
Orthodox church partially financed by Tsar Nicolas II.
DeKalb, Illinois
This architectural stunner is one of the few surviving Egyptian Revival theaters in the U.S.
Chicago, Illinois
This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.
Hoboken, New Jersey
A bronze plaque at an intersection in Hoboken marks the place where the game of baseball first took shape.
Brooklyn, New York
The ballpark in "Pigtown" where the Brooklyn Dodgers made their name was replaced with a huge apartment complex.
St. Louis, Missouri
This spot in St. Louis, marked with a simple sign, has seen more pro baseball than just about anywhere else in the world.
Derby, Vermont
This unusual building straddles two countries.
Alexandria, Virginia
America's first federal monument.
Buffalo, New York
The site of William McKinley's tragic assassination is only marked by an underwhelming boulder.
Munich, Germany
A small square plaque marks a failed assassination attempt that could have changed history.
Washington, D.C.
A diminutive memorial marks the site of a successful assassination by a right-wing death squad in America's capital.
Weehawken, New Jersey
The boulder on which Alexander Hamilton laid his head after a deadly duel can still be visited on the New Jersey coast.
Boston, Massachusetts
An easy-to-miss garden in Boston's North End honors the mother of JFK and others who lost children in WWII.
Washington, D.C.
This grand gothic brewery has been pumping out suds for over a hundred years.
Los Angeles, California
This rare tortoise skeleton has been hanging around the downtown Los Angeles museum for over a century.