Rutland, Vermont
Wilson Castle
A beautiful, creepy 19th-century castle stands incongruously in rural Vermont.
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Rutland, Vermont
A beautiful, creepy 19th-century castle stands incongruously in rural Vermont.
Evans City, Pennsylvania
The iconic grave markers from George A. Romero's 1968 horror masterpiece,Night of the Living Dead.
Peterborough, New Hampshire
This small-town library was the first in the world to be entirely supported by taxation.
Littleton, New Hampshire
According to the experts at the Guinness World's Record office, this is the longest candy counter in the world.
Carroll, New Hampshire
A beautiful Gilded Age hotel in the White Mountains with surprising diplomatic history.
Concord, New Hampshire
The 92-foot-tall structure is based on the aircraft that carried the first Americans into space.
Concord, New Hampshire
A real-life hidden Easter Egg in New Hampshire's capital city
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
This Pennsylvania structure, the oldest building in Gettysburg, was once a stop on the Underground Railroad.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Home of the only civilian casualty at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
This covered bridge was used by both Union and Confederate troops during the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
This Civil War monument was designed by an eccentric architect and Gettysburg veteran.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
This monument marks the beginning journey of a wounded soldier's leg that ended up almost two states away.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Long before the Battle of Gettysburg occurred, dinosaurs roamed the area and left their footprints on this bridge.
Orrtanna, Pennsylvania
An almost life-sized elephant named Ms. Ellie greets visitors at this jumbo-themed museum.
Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
An Olympic hero stripped of his medals is buried in a town he never visited, which took his name after his death.
Corinth, Vermont
The quaint little Vermont town played a quaint little Connecticut town in Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice."
Casey, Illinois
The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.
Vandalia, Illinois
Buy a token from the liquor store and you can make this beast spew flames on command.
Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
The world's longest known cave system.
Hagerman, Idaho
An ordinary rancher stumbled upon one of the world’s largest collections of Pliocene horse fossils.
Murphy, Idaho
Rare and gorgeous birds abound in this protected wildlife sanctuary.
Kimberly, Idaho
These falls, sometimes called the "Niagara of the West," still put on a good show at the right time of year.
Kyoto, Japan
The 10,000 Torii shrine.
Kyoto, Japan
This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.