Yonkers, New York
Saw Mill River Daylighting
A waterway covered over after the Industrial Revolution has been unearthed and cleaned up, for the enjoyment of fish and humans alike.
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Yonkers, New York
A waterway covered over after the Industrial Revolution has been unearthed and cleaned up, for the enjoyment of fish and humans alike.
Wadmalaw Island, South Carolina
The only working large-scale tea plantation in the United States.
Hamer, South Carolina
I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.
Johns Island, South Carolina
One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.
Bayonne, New Jersey
World Trade Center memorial likened to a woman's sexual organ.
Jersey City, New Jersey
Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.
Richmond, Virginia
This beautiful vintage movie palace has seen little change in form or function since the 1920s.
Richmond, Virginia
A genuine Tudor manor transported piece by piece from England.
Richmond, Virginia
This labyrinthine resting place of Black American leaders has been reclaimed by nature.
Richmond, Virginia
The airport was once a Civil War battleground, and the earthwork defenses can still be seen today.
Newport News, Virginia
The maritime museum that boasts the largest nautical library in the western hemisphere.
Lyndhurst, Virginia
This historic mansion was built as a symbol of love between a husband and wife.
Richmond, Virginia
A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.
Natural Bridge, Virginia
A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.
Palmdale, Florida
Get up close with some alligators at this roadside farm attraction.
Islamorada, Florida
This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.
Cortez, Florida
An eclectic treasure trove of maritime marvels.
Key West, Florida
A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.
Miami, Florida
Where monkeys run wild and the humans are caged.
St. Augustine, Florida
Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.
Key West, Florida
The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.
Homestead, Florida
A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.
Chiefland, Florida
A much more welcome kind of snowbird vacationer, manatees camp out in these springs every winter.
St. Petersburg, Florida
Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.