Graniteville, Vermont
Rock of Ages Granite Quarry
Tour the world's largest deep-hole dimension granite quarry, where you can view the plant where gravestones are made and roll a ball down the outdoor granite bowling alley.
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Graniteville, Vermont
Tour the world's largest deep-hole dimension granite quarry, where you can view the plant where gravestones are made and roll a ball down the outdoor granite bowling alley.
Syria, Virginia
Herbert Hoover's "Brown House" rural presidential retreat was a PR disaster amid the start of the Great Depression.
Natural Bridge, Virginia
Lines from a walking song are etched into a rock in Natural Bridge State Park.
Richmond, Virginia
Inspired by a foil-wrapped potato, (seriously) the Markel Building has been deemed one of the 10 ugliest buildings in the world.
Roanoke, Virginia
This collection of over 50 classic pinball machines awaits visitors to downtown Roanoke.
Saltville, Virginia
This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.
Afton, Virginia
A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.
Centreville, Virginia
Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.
Boston, Massachusetts
America's original house of worship for Spiritualism, the religious movement based on communing with the dead.
Concord, Massachusetts
"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."
Adams, Massachusetts
Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.
Lynn, Massachusetts
A cave dug by a man directed by ghosts to find pirate treasure.
Holyoke, Massachusetts
The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.
Broad Run, Virginia
This pre-Revolutionary War grist mill ground corn and flour for soldiers in seven American wars.
Arlington, Virginia
Parking garage where Bob Woodward met Watergate source "Deep Throat."
Gloucester Courthouse, Virginia
This once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.
McLean, Virginia
A secretive collection featuring objects that were designed specifically for U.S. intelligence operations.
Duffield, Virginia
A 300-yard long natural tunnel runs through a ridge deep in the Appalachian Mountains.
Williamsburg, Virginia
Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.
Natural Bridge, Virginia
A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.
London, England
A fully functional, 200-year-old remnant of the time when Brixton was mostly fields.
London, England
Tombstones and enigmatic inscriptions hide within a vault beneath a popular London arts venue.
London, England
A network of concealed passageways lies within a busy London Underground station.
London, England
Following the trail of an old metro line, this scenic path is haunted by a creepy spriggan statue.