Lewes, Delaware
The Cannonball House
The historic home still shows the scars from a little run-in with the British in 1813.
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Lewes, Delaware
The historic home still shows the scars from a little run-in with the British in 1813.
West Chester, Pennsylvania
This might just be the TARDIS of bookstores.
Bucksport, Maine
Stone monument honoring a town founder has a witch-boot shaped stain and a curse to go with it.
Providence, Rhode Island
Final resting place of one of the classic authors of horror literature.
Charlestown, Rhode Island
250-year-old farm now features sculptures, a petting zoo and a hippy-bazaar.
Solon, Maine
Floor-to-ceiling frescoes by local art students cover the interior of a nearly 200-year-old church.
Kennebunkport, Maine
The world's oldest and largest museum of mass transit vehicles.
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Once the future of underwater combat, this old sub is now open for visitors to muck around in.
York, Maine
True to its name, this bouncy walkway may be the world’s smallest suspension bridge.
Biddeford, Maine
A mural of a boy making a phone call connects a southern Maine community to a town in Iraq.
Stonington, Connecticut
Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.
Ellicott City, Maryland
A former pillar of the Black community in Ellicott City.
Washington, D.C.
It was once the base for a series of domestic terror attacks.
Washington, D.C.
An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.
Washington, D.C.
The oldest continuously operating fish market in the United States.
Hazard, Kentucky
An enormous goose sits atop this nest-shaped home.
Lewisburg, West Virginia
Home of a 28-foot tall stalagmite known as the War Club.
Chiefland, Florida
A much more welcome kind of snowbird vacationer, manatees camp out in these springs every winter.
Hamer, South Carolina
I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.
Savannah, Georgia
Performers, intricate sets, and a real speakeasy tell the story of the 18th Amendment.
St. Augustine, Florida
A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.
Moorhead, Minnesota
This replica of an 8th century burial ship actually sailed to Norway before returning home to Minnesota.
Papaikou, Hawaii
More than 2,000 species of tropical plants call this nature preserve and sanctuary home.
Riga, Latvia
Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.