Washington, D.C.
The Exorcist Stairs
The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Washington, D.C.
The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.
Burlington, Kentucky
Rabbit Hash is a heaping slice of Americana from another era, with a very peculiar origin behind its unusual name.
Richmond, Indiana
This Indiana walk of fame honors music legends with record-shaped plaques in the pavement.
Galloway, Ohio
Bison, America's national mammal, are staging a slow comeback in Ohio's prairie parkland.
Burlington, Kentucky
Visitors to this Kentucky homestead turned museum are immediately transported back to the Antebellum south.
Petersburg, Kentucky
A ship that lived many lives under many names is now known merely as the "Ghost Ship."
Florence, Kentucky
After a water tower painting was accused of being an ad, a simple fix was made that gave the city a motto.
North Bend, Ohio
This tower-tomb honors a president who only held office for a little over a month but dedicated his life to his country.
Cleves, Ohio
A small wall and marker are all that remain of this historic canal tunnel.
Cincinnati, Ohio
The oldest brick house in the state of Ohio.
Fairborn, Ohio
Inside this wonderland of weird, visitors are treated to a collection ranging from skeletons to haunted artifacts.
Frostburg, Maryland
The antique hotel still has a jail in the basement, though the cockfighting ring is long gone.
Oldtown, Maryland
Despite violent work crews and massive delays this abandoned canal tunnel was built to last into the modern day.
Salisbury, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania's highest point is spotted with boulders which were pushed to the surface by nothing but cold.
Lonaconing, Maryland
A remarkable time capsule of American manufacturing deep in Maryland coal country.
Cumberland, Maryland
Maryland's first (and last standing) toll house on America's first federal road established the state as the "Gateway to the West."
Cumberland, Maryland
This one-room cabin where the young colonel slept during the French and Indian War.
Marion, Virginia
An eight-sided home built during a brief octagon craze in the 1850s.
Mouth of Wilson, Virginia
The highest point in Virginia can only be reached by passing through ponies and flowers.
Durham, North Carolina
This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.
Mount Airy, North Carolina
This museum explores the lives of Chang and Eng, the "Original Siamese Twins."
Dayton, Virginia
One of the last active volcanoes on the Eastern seaboard.
Charlottesville, Virginia
Thomas Jefferson's estate is home to hundreds of varieties of historic fruits and vegetables.
Charlottesville, Virginia
Hidden for 165 years inside a building designed by Thomas Jefferson are the remains of what may be America's first educational chemistry lab.