Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
Jim Thorpe Monument
An Olympic hero stripped of his medals is buried in a town he never visited, which took his name after his death.
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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.
Pottsville, Pennsylvania
This oldest brewery in the U.S. has lived through fire, Prohibition, and six generations of family ownership.
Washington, D.C.
There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
One of Philadelphia's largest murals resides hidden under this bridge.
Niagara Falls, New York
Historical marker that is a mini replica of the original in New York.
Niagara Falls, New York
One of many reminders of Tesla's scientific contributions overlooks the falls which inspired him.
Niagara Falls, Ontario
Niagara Falls holds a special place in Nikola Tesla's history, so they put a statue on it.
Niagara Falls, Ontario
This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
This impressive working clock made of 16,000 plants changes its flowers twice a year.
Youngstown, New York
This historic fort spans more the 300 years.
Richmond, Virginia
The iconic statue was moved to a new spot overlooking the James river after several years as a mascot for the local baseball team.
Windsor, Virginia
The only remaining building from the original 1800 Isle of Wight Courthouse Complex
Petersburg, Virginia
A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.
Charles City, Virginia
This estate on the banks of the James River was home to a Founding Father, two presidents, a famous bugle melody, and what some say was the actual first Thanksgiving.
Williamsburg, Virginia
History says that America’s first English industrial manufacture began here with a “tryal of glasse.”
Williamsburg, Virginia
This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.
Yorktown, Virginia
The location where the American Revolution ended.
Yorktown, Virginia
A small cave with a larger-than-life legend.
Hampton, Virginia
This tree is a living witness to the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement.
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Jamestown may have been the first permanent English settlement in the Americas, but the colonists made landfall at a lesser known cape.
Corolla, North Carolina
Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.
Eureka, North Carolina
A sign marks the plane crash that caused two nuclear bombs to fall in North Carolina.
Kinston, North Carolina
The large vessel is known as world’s only full-scale replica of a Confederate ironclad.