San Francisco, California
Stern of the Niantic
The only visible piece of San Francisco's most famous shipwreck.
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San Francisco, California
The only visible piece of San Francisco's most famous shipwreck.
San Francisco, California
Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.
Spring Green, Wisconsin
A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.
Groton, Connecticut
This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.
Stonington, Connecticut
Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.
London, England
A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.
Keene Valley, New York
Teddy Roosevelt’s famous “midnight ride to the presidency" started at this small lake high up in the Adirondacks.
Keene Valley, New York
The summit Roosevelt conquered before he descended to become The Chief.
Salem, New York
This sprawling art park is filled with sculptures, nature trails, and art workshops.
Bennington, Vermont
The Vermont square that inspired Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery."
Glover, Vermont
Cheap art and political theater in Vermont.
Glover, Vermont
This "common-as-dirt" museum celebrates the glory of normalcy.
St. Johnsbury, Vermont
A 150-square-foot masterpiece of American landscape art is the crown jewel of this library and art gallery in Vermont.
St. Johnsbury, Vermont
A small chapel celebrating the spiritual bond between dogs and humans.
Irvington, New York
This fancifully decorated Victorian home in New York’s Hudson Valley is the only known fully domed octagonal residence in the United States.
Montreal, Québec
This exuberantly curated landscape is one of the largest sculpture gardens in Canada.
Boston, Massachusetts
One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.
Boston, Massachusetts
A beacon atop a downtown building provides Bostonians with weather forecasts and baseball news.
New York, New York
This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.
New York, New York
New York City's smallest piece of private property.
Xcalacoop, Mexico
A magical sinkhole on the Yucatán Peninsula is adorned with mini waterfalls and hanging vines.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.
Seyé Municipality, Mexico
A field of whimsical floats, where all of your favorite childhood stories have been put out to pasture.
Aké, Mexico
A hacienda that features all things uniquely Yucatán.