Greensburg, Kansas
The Big Well
The United States's largest hand-dug well is topped with a state-of-the-art museum.
Places I've been
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Greensburg, Kansas
The United States's largest hand-dug well is topped with a state-of-the-art museum.
Seney, Michigan
"The Most Boring Road in the State."
Chamberlain, South Dakota
A striking sculpture built to honor the women of the Lakota and Dakota Nations.
Ashmore, Illinois
This grave in a ghost town cemetery marks the death of a witch on a day that never happened.
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Herman Melville wrote 'Moby Dick' in this landmark 18th-century house surrounded by farmland.
Concord, Massachusetts
This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.
Concord, Massachusetts
"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."
Thomaston, Maine
Trinkets and toys lovingly handmade by maximum security prisoners.
Glendale Springs, North Carolina
Rural churches in the middle of nowhere with religious frescoes by famous artist.
St. Augustine, Florida
The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.
St. Augustine, Florida
The site of Martin Luther King Jr.'s arrest as he attempted to have lunch.
St. Augustine, Florida
A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.
St. Augustine, Florida
Location of a reliquary containing bone fragments of 18 saints.
St. Augustine, Florida
It's a pretty creepy lock-up.
St. Augustine, Florida
Intertwined, interspecies trees which locals believe can grant boons to lovers.
St. Augustine, Florida
In this case, 'zero' marks the spot where the iconic Old Spanish Trail ends.
St. Augustine, Florida
A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.
St. Augustine, Florida
Two men built this castle on the Florida coast as an artistic “landscape sculpture.”
St. Augustine, Florida
Built to replace a house destroyed by a hurricane, this home is made entirely of shipping containers.
St. Augustine, Florida
Bronze footprints mark the path where a civil rights leader tried to march in peaceful protest before being knocked unconscious.
St. Augustine, Florida
St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.
St. Augustine, Florida
An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.
London, England
A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.
Jekyll Island, Georgia
Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.