Salem, Massachusetts
Salem Witch Trials Memorial
A simple but powerful tribute to the 20 victims of the 1692 witch trials.
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Salem, Massachusetts
A simple but powerful tribute to the 20 victims of the 1692 witch trials.
Salem, Massachusetts
Visit a sweet shop selling one of the first candies ever made and sold in America.
London, England
A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.
Nuremberg, Germany
During World War II, the Nazis repurposed this beer cellar to store stolen artwork.
Washington, D.C.
A lovely aquatic park built by a one-armed Civil War veteran who made a fortune from lotuses.
Boston, Massachusetts
One of the now-less-hidden floral gems of the "Emerald Necklace."
Chattanooga, Tennessee
This museum dedicated to an oft-overlooked support industry features a surprisingly moving brass diorama of a man being saved from a sinking car.
Moab, Utah
A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.
Moab, Utah
The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.
Memphis, Tennessee
This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.
Memphis, Tennessee
The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.
Custer, South Dakota
The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.
Newport, Rhode Island
You can spend the night as an honorary lighthouse keeper in this quaint, historic beacon.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.
Las Vegas, Nevada
One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.
St. Louis, Missouri
A chessmaster's dream destination.
Boston, Massachusetts
Museum dedicated to awful artwork.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.
Fountain City, Indiana
This unassuming home was once “grand central station” for the Underground Railroad.
White, Georgia
One of the world's largest automobile junkyards is a unique landscape of metal and moss.
Windham, Connecticut
Public outcry led to this bridge's unique character which celebrates a giant frog battle and also sewing.
Bridgeport, Connecticut
A museum designed by and dedicated to P.T. Barnum in the town where he is buried.
Rocky Hill, Connecticut
The ancient past meets the retro-future at these dinosaur tracks that are protected by a geodesic dome.
New Canaan, Connecticut
Home of Philip Johnson, one of the 20th century's most influential architects.