New Hyde Park, New York
Denton House McDonald's
This outpost of America's most popular fast-food restaurant is housed inside a palatial mansion.
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New Hyde Park, New York
This outpost of America's most popular fast-food restaurant is housed inside a palatial mansion.
Mount Tremper, New York
The world's largest kaleidoscope, designed by a 1960s psychedelic artist.
Oneida, New York
Possibly the smallest church in the world floats in the middle of a pond.
Oneida, New York
The shared home of a utopian commune that practiced "free love" a century before the hippies.
Little Falls, New York
Not even a series of devastating fires could keep this odd castle in upstate New York from bouncing back.
Amsterdam, New York
An upstate New York garage advertises its services by literally putting the automobile above all else.
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.
Dover, Delaware
The Dover International Speedway is home to a towering, concrete-skinned, racecar-hungry behemoth.
Milford, Delaware
Live chainsaw carvings of tiki statues aim to keep a tradition with ancient roots alive in this small Delaware town.
Lewes, Delaware
The historic home still shows the scars from a little run-in with the British in 1813.
Lewes, Delaware
Designed to commemorate the founding of the first settlement in Delaware.
Lewes, Delaware
World War II-era bunkers are hidden under the beaches of this picturesque park, which is still scattered with wartime watchtowers.
Fenwick Isle, Delaware
A unique marker erected during the 18th century.
Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
These old doors are covered in the signatures of Rehoboth Beach artists dating back to the 1930s.
Ocean View, Delaware
The mistake that launched the commercial broiler chicken industry is immortalized in the town where it took place.
Hartford, Connecticut
This sculpture commemorates the first instance of an American president pardoning a turkey.
Oswego, New York
This Upstate New York park squeezes a lot of history into its two-acre triangular space.
New York, New York
One of the only single-person private gravesites in New York City.
Stanhope, New Jersey
Historic town settled in the 19th century because of its convenient location along a popular coal transport route.
Troy, New York
A man used his Civil War-era fortune to build this sanctuary in memory of his wife.
Richfield Springs, New York
This roadside dinosaur park offered up lumpy neon thunder lizards in the name of kitsch and education.
Cherry Valley, New York
Take a trip back to the 1950s and the heyday of the road trip along Historic Route 20.
Cazenovia, New York
A mummy and sarcophagus are part of the many wonders in this library's collection.
Baker, California
This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.