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32.0806, -81.0946
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51.5111, -0.1461
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Match Museum
57.7847, 14.1596
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Himeji Castle Shrine
34.8394, 134.6939
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Camac Street
The last of Philadelphia's wood-paved streets is now a landmark of terrible engineering.
39.9487, -75.1614
Charleston, South Carolina
Old Powder Magazine
The oldest building in Charleston was used to store gunpowder during the American Revolution.
32.7794, -79.9301
Charleston, South Carolina
Old Slave Mart
South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.
32.7778, -79.9284
Howes Cave, New York
Howe Caverns
Why have you never heard of the second most popular tourist site in New York?
42.6946, -74.4087
Dover, Delaware
Miles the Monster
The Dover International Speedway is home to a towering, concrete-skinned, racecar-hungry behemoth.
39.1884, -75.5269
Yorklyn, Pennsylvania
Haines Shoe House
An outlandish shoe shaped house built by an eccentric millionaire.
39.9991, -76.6371
Keeseville, New York
Ausable Chasm
This sandstone gorge in New York State's Adirondack Mountains is home to waterfalls, flumes, and more.
44.5237, -73.4606
Saratoga Springs, New York
Orenda Spring Tufa
A beautiful multicolored mound formed by the mineral deposits of the Orenda Spring.
43.0511, -73.8055
Saratoga Springs, New York
Spit and Spat
Two mermen, eternally spitting into each other's mouths.
43.0789, -73.7827
Wilton, New York
Ulysses S. Grant Cottage National Historic Landmark
This picturesque cottage was the site of Ulysses S. Grant’s final and perhaps most important campaign.
43.2005, -73.7453
Lake George, New York
Lake George Mystery Spot
A mysterious echo seems to defy the laws of acoustics.
43.4226, -73.7130
Lake George, New York
The Last Howard Johnson's
All that remains of the once-booming chain is a single orange-roofed restaurant.
43.4098, -73.7110
Lake George, New York
Magic Forest
This throwback amusement park is home to rides and unique storybook figures from the past.
43.3971, -73.7019
Lake George, New York
Bloody Pond
This lovely little pond is named after the hundreds of soldiers' corpses that were rolled into the waters during the French-Indian War.
43.3904, -73.7035
Birmingham, Alabama
Statue of Vulcan
A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.
33.4918, -86.7955
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