Bangor, Maine
Stephen King's Former House
The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.
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Bangor, Maine
The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.
Alna, Maine
Preserving the memory of the narrow railroads that once crisscrossed the state of Maine.
Cape May, New Jersey
The rusting remains are visible sticking out of the waters of the Delaware Bay.
Cape May, New Jersey
Several times a year, during low tide, two pairs of historic train tracks are revealed on this New Jersey beach.
Alexandria, Virginia
This simple stone memorial remembers a secret, Geneva Convention-defying interrogation base from WWII.
Nanjemoy, Maryland
The remnants of a wooden-hulled fleet built and abandoned in WWI, now home to a thriving ecosystem.
Stafford, Virginia
The FBI's urban training course may have the highest fake crime rate in the world.
Smith Island, Maryland
An isolated island home to one of the oldest English-speaking communities in the region and Maryland's state dessert.
Toddville, Maryland
After hundreds of years of settlement, this once-bustling fishing village sunk into the Chesapeake Bay.
Port Royal, Virginia
The Virginia farm where John Wilkes Booth met his grisly end is now largely forgotten.
Mechanicsville, Virginia
The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.
Richmond, Virginia
This beautiful vintage movie palace has seen little change in form or function since the 1920s.
Richmond, Virginia
This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.
Richmond, Virginia
A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.
Richmond, Virginia
Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.
Richmond, Virginia
Under a playground is a little-known sealed train tunnel that likely contains the bodies of workers trapped by cave-ins.
Prospect Hill, North Carolina
A retired tobacco farmer's pet project turned into a sturdy miniature city.
Danville, Virginia
This sprawling museum holds one man's giant collection of real tanks.
Greensboro, North Carolina
This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
This metal disk commemorates the birth of a historic American holiday.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
This stunning home looks like it belongs in medieval Europe, not North Carolina.
Kernersville, North Carolina
Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.
Madison, North Carolina
The upstairs museum delves into the Lawson family murder, whose eight victims were embalmed at this store in 1929.