Mandeville, Louisiana
Seven Sisters Oak
Some believe this tree to be more than 1,500 years old.
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Mandeville, Louisiana
Some believe this tree to be more than 1,500 years old.
Northfield, Massachusetts
The largest battery in New England sits atop a Massachusetts mountain.
Brooklyn, New York
This museum dedicated to the history of the medical bone trade and human osteology.
Three Forks, Montana
The source of America's longest river is also a historical landmark and the start of a famous nude run.
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Abandoned blast furnaces are an enduring reminder of Scranton's once booming iron business.
Louisville, Kentucky
Unique and somewhat surreal, this little girl's memorial depicts a playful Jesus.
Union, Kentucky
A life-sized recreation of the megafauna that once roamed this region is a feature at the birthplace of American paleontology.
Wheat Ridge, Colorado
A Colorado store that specializes in all things spiritual, metaphysical, and witchy.
Danville, Pennsylvania
Construction uncovered this trove of fossils, which visitors are welcome to add to their own collections.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
The largest single-building tribal cultural center in the U.S. is an expansive museum in Oklahoma City.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
The largest cattle market on earth holds live auctions open to the public every week.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A tragic mystery left this boy nameless for 65 years.
Las Cruces, New Mexico
This 47-foot chile pepper sculpture welcomes Scoville heat unit obsessed tourists to the Big Chile Inn.
Nye County, Nevada
Under the right conditions, rocks will move across this dry lakebed, leaving trails behind them.
Sioux City, Iowa
America's first National Historic Landmark is a 100-foot tall obelisk and gravesite dedicated to the only casualty of the Lewis & Clark Expedition.
Sherborn, Massachusetts
Dedicated to a local cow who escaped a slaughterhouse and became an international symbol of peace.
Dunmore, West Virginia
This lookout tower built in the 1930s is now an in-demand cabin with what might be the best view of the Seneca State Forest.
New York, New York
Unique antiquarian shop specializing in globes, maps, and prints.
Key West, Florida
A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
An abandoned incline railway site is now a green space with six acres of trails connecting hilltop neighborhoods.
Las Cruces, New Mexico
The entire history of the U.S. Space Shuttle Program is painted on an enormous roadside water tank.
San Francisco, California
Part mural and part sculpture, this work of art sits in the middle of the Promenade, as if swimming in a river of asphalt towards the ocean.
Carbondale, Colorado
Once owned by the largest employer in Colorado, these ovens have been abandoned for over a century.
Greenfield, Massachusetts
Money may not grow on trees, but it can be dispensed by one.