Clermont, Florida
The Citrus Tower
An icon among Florida's pre-Disney tourist attractions, just west of Orlando.
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Clermont, Florida
An icon among Florida's pre-Disney tourist attractions, just west of Orlando.
Lake Wales, Florida
A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.
Avebury, England
The largest stone circle in the world has ended up bringing up more questions than it has answered.
Glastonbury, England
Fascinating town where normal life interfaces with the occult.
Bratton, England
A giant white horse drawn on an English hillside may not have been intended to be a horse at all.
Morondava, Madagascar
The centuries-old trees lining both sides of this dirt road may become Madagascar's first natural monument.
Antsalova, Madagascar
Fabulous formations, weird and wonderful wildlife.
Fredericksburg, Virginia
The Kirkland Monument remembers a selfless Civil War hero who braved the battlefield to give water to his dying enemies.
Luray, Virginia
An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.
Locust Grove, Virginia
The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.
Fredericksburg, Virginia
This war hero's old shop remembers the fine line between medicine and quackery during the Revolutionary War.
Richmond, Virginia
The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.
Alexandria, Virginia
A former major munitions plant that has been converted into a sprawling art space.
Richmond, Virginia
A former Confederate hospital serves as a remembrance of wounded and dead soldiers.
Richmond, Virginia
Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.
Lookout Mountain, Georgia
A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.
Signal Mountain, Tennessee
Live long and prosper in Tennessee.
Kingston Springs, Tennessee
The first full-scale tunnel built in America is short but scenic.
Pikeville, Tennessee
Labor provided by Great Depression-era programs restored these 25,000 acres in Tennessee.
Nashville, Tennessee
This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.
Florissant, Colorado
The largest source of fossilized insects anywhere.
Leadville, Colorado
At one time this small mining village was the highest town in America but now it sits abandoned while the mine churns on.
Evergreen, Colorado
The highest paved road in North America winds its way up Mount Blue Sky in Colorado to an altitude of 14,130 feet above sea level.
Leadville, Colorado
Abandoned silver mine strewn with wrecked and twisted structures.