Peebles, Ohio
The Great Serpent Mound
The largest earthwork effigy in the world.
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Peebles, Ohio
The largest earthwork effigy in the world.
Centerville, Indiana
A giant lumpy candle serves as a beacon for this highly scented pit stop.
Riverside, Ohio
Inside houses a vast collection of military aircraft and missiles spanning the ages.
Florence, Kentucky
After a water tower painting was accused of being an ad, a simple fix was made that gave the city a motto.
Shepherdstown, West Virginia
The "All-Seeing Eye of God" symbol on this library is a clue to one of the many former lives of this building.
Trenton, New Jersey
This Delaware River bridge is emblazoned with a catty slogan from a more prosperous time.
Pine Swamp, Pennsylvania
A well-preserved example of an early industrial operation in the northeastern United States.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The oldest surviving presidential residence in the United States.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Home of the only civilian casualty at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
The beloved, war-tested mascot of a Union regiment graces their battlefield monument.
Zoar, Ohio
Ohio's 19th-century communist micro-society.
Put-in-Bay, Ohio
The world's tallest doric column is this Ohio monument to a naval victory in the War of 1812.
Put-in-Bay, Ohio
Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.
Galloway, Ohio
If you want to build a better mousetrap, first consult this small museum's massive collection of trapping tools.
Galloway, Ohio
Bison, America's national mammal, are staging a slow comeback in Ohio's prairie parkland.
West Chester, Ohio
A 25,000-square-foot display with dozens of model trains in intricate miniature worlds.
Fairfield, Ohio
An unusual, super-sized grocery adventure awaits in an Ohio suburb.
Dayton, Ohio
You can walk through the first Boeing Air Force One, which famously carried JFK's casket from Dallas back to D.C.
Richmond, Virginia
This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.
Richmond, Virginia
A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.
White Post, Virginia
Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.
Berkeley Springs, West Virginia
Berkeley Springs State Park boasts the nation's only monument commemorating presidential bathing.
Shepherdstown, West Virginia
True to its name, this little house presents like a dollhouse, and surprising details are revealed with a quick peek through the window.