Somerset, Pennsylvania
Statue of Jackson the Elephant
In the parking lot of a fast food restaurant, a statue memorializing a prolific bull elephant.
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Somerset, Pennsylvania
In the parking lot of a fast food restaurant, a statue memorializing a prolific bull elephant.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The last remnants of Fort Pitt also hold the distinction of being the oldest structure west of the Allegheny Mountains.
Williamsburg, Virginia
Affectionately known as "Lord Bot," this historic statue has a cult social media following and rightly claims to be “the most metal inhabitant of the Wren Yard.”
Cumberland, Maryland
This one-room cabin where the young colonel slept during the French and Indian War.
Waterford, Pennsylvania
The only statue of its kind to commemorate Washington's beginnings as an officer of the British Colonial Militia.
Boulder City, Nevada
A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.
Erie, Pennsylvania
A living maritime paradox still floats in the same lake where it was built and resurrected... or was it?
Chloride, Arizona
All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.
Inyo County, California
Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.
Milford, Pennsylvania
One of the U.S. Forest Service's only mansions is outfitted with a dinner table for floating food.
Golden Valley, Arizona
A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.
Eglon, West Virginia
This claimant to the title of "smallest church in the 48 states" doubles as an equally tiny, quasi-post office.
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
This abandoned Poconos resort is haunted by a history of kitschy romance and a violent fugitive.
Inyo County, California
The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.
Wellsboro, Pennsylvania
This lush forest valley was once mined for lumber to the extent that it was once nicknamed "The Pennsylvania Desert."
Wantage, New Jersey
The highest point in New Jersey is marked by a massive, if simply named, obelisk.
White Post, Virginia
Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.
South Park Township, Pennsylvania
One man's real life disfigurement inspired a lasting local legend surrounding an eerie tunnel.
Breezewood, Pennsylvania
An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.
Bryson City, North Carolina
This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.
Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
This jail which was in service for over a century is now open for curious visitors.
Bangor, Pennsylvania
This park contains a number of standing stones meant to heal and inspire.
Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
An ideal wedding spot that is almost too ideal.
Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
An Olympic hero stripped of his medals is buried in a town he never visited, which took his name after his death.