East St. Louis, Illinois
Gateway Geyser
Man-made geyser that rises to the exact height of the Gateway Arch.
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East St. Louis, Illinois
Man-made geyser that rises to the exact height of the Gateway Arch.
Collinsville, Illinois
Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.
Tombstone, Arizona
An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.
Waco, Texas
Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.
Waco, Texas
Texas’s first suspension bridge is still carrying people across the Brazos.
Boston, Massachusetts
A luxury hotel constructed out of a former jail.
Boston, Massachusetts
American revolutionaries and British soldiers alike are buried here in the fourth-ever cemetery in Boston.
Boston, Massachusetts
Located in Faneuil Hall, the headquarters of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts has stood the test of time.
Boston, Massachusetts
An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.
Boston, Massachusetts
This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.
Boston, Massachusetts
The colonial home of Paul Revere during the American Revolution.
Boston, Massachusetts
Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.
Boston, Massachusetts
Interactive museum complete with costumed re-enactors and the only known surviving chest from the Boston Tea Party.
Rockport, Massachusetts
This replica of a historic fishing shack long dubbed the most painted building in America.
Falls City, Nebraska
A eclectic collection of military memorabilia.
St. Louis, Missouri
An abandoned factory along the Mississippi coated by a giant mural.
St. Louis, Missouri
A historic house in St. Louis was plagued by a series of suicides committed by family members involved in a successful brewery.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
In Oklahoma City's Bricktown, there's a street that don't use jelly.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
A Route 66 filling station that was designed to resemble the Hagia Sophia, and is now the symbol of an arts district.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
In Tulsa's Oil Capital historic district, even the bus station is "fauxback" Art Deco.
West Mineral, Kansas
The Bucyrus-Erie model 1850B electric shovel, or "Big Brutus," the largest existing electric shovel in the world.
Wichita, Kansas
The first "Hut" was actually a small brick building.
Emporia, Kansas
A park to honor all U.S. Armed Forces veterans, and Emporia's status as the founding city of Veterans Day.
Flagstaff, Arizona
This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.