Dresden, Germany
Dresden Frauenkirche
This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.
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Dresden, Germany
This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.
Lohmen, Germany
Ruins of a German castle on top of a towering stone pillar.
Folly Beach, South Carolina
Twenty-eight years after this local landmark was washed ashore by hurricane Hugo, it was washed away by hurricane Irma.
Hamer, South Carolina
I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.
Amherst, Massachusetts
Founded by the famed children's book artist, this museum spreads an appreciation of the arts through picture books.
Chantilly, Virginia
At Washington's Dulles Airport is a satellite museum (no pun intended) with three quarters of a million square feet of aircraft history.
Canton, Ohio
The 25th President's marble casket can be visited in this classical Ohio tomb.
Canton, Ohio
Mausoleums, astronomy, and animatronic dinosaurs at this memorial to an assassinated American president.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A daily replay of the experiment that proved the rotation of the Earth.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
An Irish Memorial commemorating those who perished due to potato blight.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Yo, Adrian!
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
The remains of a community that was forced to move for a dam that never materialized still rot in this Pennsylvania park.
Natural Bridge, Virginia
A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.
Bethesda, Maryland
Proto-CIA agents trained with grenades in the sand traps and fired machine guns from the fairways.
Monkton, Maryland
This English-inspired Maryland garden is home to acres of opulent plant life including bushes shaped into an entire fox hunt.
Oldtown, Maryland
Despite violent work crews and massive delays this abandoned canal tunnel was built to last into the modern day.
Mouth of Wilson, Virginia
The highest point in Virginia can only be reached by passing through ponies and flowers.
Bryson City, North Carolina
This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.
Jackson, New Hampshire
The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.
Burnsville, North Carolina
The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.
Adams, Massachusetts
Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.
Wantage, New Jersey
The highest point in New Jersey is marked by a massive, if simply named, obelisk.
Locust Grove, Virginia
The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.
Middletown, Maryland
Built by the patriotic residents of Boonsboro in a single day.