Green Bank, West Virginia
Green Bank Telescope
The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.
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Green Bank, West Virginia
The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.
Boonsboro, Maryland
Bizarre Cavern.
Baltimore, Maryland
It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”
Washington, D.C.
Enormous piles of historically significant stones, dumped by Congress in a forest, and abandoned for 60 years.
Lanham, Maryland
A lawn full of retired spacecraft on display at one of NASA's first research labs.
Baltimore, Maryland
A faded sign from the 1920s remembers Baltimore's resistance toward banning alcohol.
Baltimore, Maryland
A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.
Milford, Massachusetts
This stone tower in a small town's graveyard looks as though it would be more at home in a fairy tale.
New York, New York
Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.
Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!, Québec
The only town in the world with two exclamation points in its name.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
This super steep hike ascends 2,000 feet in less than a mile.
Hull, Massachusetts
The only remaining place where you can play this century-old game for cash.
Newport, Rhode Island
The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.
Orange, Connecticut
The world's largest public collection of PEZ memorabilia.
Malmö, Sweden
This collection of 80 polarizing foods aims to challenge your subjective notions of repulsion.
Lisbon, Portugal
A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.
Sintra, Portugal
This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.
Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal
Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.
Sintra, Portugal
This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.
A Coruña, Spain
The oldest Roman lighthouse still in use.
Segovia, Spain
One of the few remaining ancient aqueducts described by Frontinus as 'the most solemn testimony of the Empire.'
Ronda, Spain
Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.
Québec City, Québec
A 400-square foot model of historic Quebec is the playing field for a state of the art light and sound show.