Jacksonville, Florida
Grave of Laura Adorkor Kofi
The final resting place of "Mother Kofi," a Black minister who was assassinated in the middle of a sermon.
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Jacksonville, Florida
The final resting place of "Mother Kofi," a Black minister who was assassinated in the middle of a sermon.
Jacksonville, Florida
Must form and function forever remain at odds? Not if the Florida Department of Transportation has its way.
Fernandina Beach, Florida
This grand, Italianate family home built in 1885 is now a charming bed and breakfast.
St. Marys, Georgia
Ruins of a Carnegie family mansion on Cumberland Island.
Brunswick, Georgia
This monument claims to display the first pot used to cook a famed Southern stew.
Saint Simons Island, Georgia
Carved faces add a touch of magic to this island's impressive oak trees.
Jekyll Island, Georgia
A modest walled graveyard where nobody is actually buried.
Jacksonville, Florida
This hauntingly beautiful stretch of Florida coastline is covered in sun-bleached trees.
Jekyll Island, Georgia
The ruins of an open-air theater built on this Georgia island in the 1970s.
Chicago, Illinois
A strange and haunting monument of unknown origin in the historic Graceland Cemetery.
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.
Evanston, Illinois
In the middle of Calvary Cemetery stands this singular memorial to a small boy who died too young.
Chicago, Illinois
Assemble a masterpiece at the first and only North American school exclusively dedicated to mosaic art.
Williams Bay, Wisconsin
Home to the world's largest refracting telescope and the birthplace of modern astrophysics.
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
Legend says Dungeons and Dragons players can get their dice blessed at the creator of the game's memorial.
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
An unusual statue in Wisconsin of the first daily comic strip character.
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
This lakefront cottage was crafted in the 1800s and was once a sanitorium.
Woodstock, Illinois
See where Bill Murray kidnapped a hapless Punxsutawney Phil.
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
A historic ballroom host to famous performers from the big band era to 1980s rock.
Chicago, Illinois
Home to a protest movement, a bombing, and a dramatic change in labor history.
Chicago, Illinois
An unassuming store hides relics of its former life as the jazz club that hosted some of the best black performers of the 1920s and '30s.
Chicago, Illinois
This monument owes its name to a quote by the famous civil rights activist and journalist.
Chicago, Illinois
This unauthorized stone mermaid was secretly carved out of public stone before being permanently preserved.
Chicago, Illinois
A strange rock in Chicago marks the spot where a tree once stood in honor of the 18th President.