Manteo, North Carolina
The Mother Vine
Perhaps the oldest vine in North America, this sprawling plant helps make a sweet wine.
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Manteo, North Carolina
Perhaps the oldest vine in North America, this sprawling plant helps make a sweet wine.
Manteo, North Carolina
The lesser-known lost colony of Roanoke was a safe haven for formerly enslaved people during the Civil War.
Nags Head, North Carolina
This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.
Manteo, North Carolina
So many migrating birds roost on the bridge, it has a special summer speed limit.
Queens, New York
This former water source for the City of Brooklyn is now a thriving natural wetland.
Haverstraw, New York
This house was the subject of an Edward Hopper painting, which in turn helped inspire the design of the Bates house in Alfred Hitchcock's 'Psycho.'
Waterford, Pennsylvania
The only statue of its kind to commemorate Washington's beginnings as an officer of the British Colonial Militia.
Warm Springs, Virginia
Bubbling up from deep underground is the warm crystal clear water that fills the Warm Springs Pools, America's oldest spa.
Niagara Falls, New York
Learn about the last river many crossed to find freedom from slavery in the United States.
Buffalo, New York
Museum dedicated to the struggles of the disabled.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
This giant pocket watch is the third iteration of a local landmark that has been standing just off the Santa Fe Plaza for over 100 years.
Hamden, Connecticut
Amazing views of Long Island Sound can be seen from this mountaintop tower.
Hunter, New York
This stave church nestled in the Catskills was built in the 1960s by a community of Ukrainian immigrants and refugees.
Brooklyn, New York
This striking arch, one of the first architectural elements constructed in Prospect Park, was recently restored to its original glory.
Clinton, Massachusetts
Once the largest gravity dam in the world.
Pickering, Ontario
The longest enclosed pedestrian bridge in the world spans 14 lanes of traffic and six rail tracks, all while lighting up the night sky.
Concord, Massachusetts
The Wright Tavern is possibly the most important building in Concord Massachusetts to the American Revolution.
Ballachulish, Scotland
The location of the Bridge of Death and the Gorge of Eternal Peril in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail."
Holmdel, New Jersey
This water tower commemorates the invention of the transistor on this site in 1947.
New York, New York
A remnant of the original World Trade Center complex continues to serve as a commuter gateway.
Ashland, Pennsylvania
The only geyser in the state of Pennsylvania is caused by pressure from an abandoned coal mine outside of the ghost town Centralia.
Archbald, Pennsylvania
It would take 35 firetrucks to fill this enormous glacial pothole.
Brooklyn, New York
This unusual apartment building may be Brooklyn's own version of the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
Montreal, Québec
This permanent exhibition of commercial signs aims to preserve the cultural heritage of the city.