Indianapolis, Indiana
The Athenaeum
This stately clubhouse has showcased German-American culture for over a century.
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Indianapolis, Indiana
This stately clubhouse has showcased German-American culture for over a century.
Arcola, Illinois
This folk art wall claims to be the world's one and only memorial to the bygone age of hippies.
Mattoon, Illinois
The multinational Burger King chain is banned from operating within 20 miles of a family restaurant filed under the same name.
Ashmore, Illinois
This abandoned Abraham Lincoln statue has also earned the honorary of "World's Ugliest."
Casey, Illinois
The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.
Martinsville, Illinois
Even with only two residents and one building, this tiny Illinois town is famous for its burgers.
Chokoloskee, Florida
A time capsule of Floridian history fights to survive on the banks of Chokoloskee Bay.
Ochopee, Florida
In the depths of the Everglades, one man has dedicated his life to studying the elusive Skunk Ape.
Ochopee, Florida
The smallest post office in the United States is no bigger than a broom closet.
Jeffersonville, Indiana
This candy shop has been serving up sweets to the Louisville area since the 1850s.
Harrodsburg, Kentucky
A full-scale replica of a 1774 colonial settlement in Kentucky.
Lexington, Kentucky
Three courses accompanied by Christian rock.
Lexington, Kentucky
Outstanding collection of 19th century medical instruments includes a life-size figure cast from as many as 200 cadavers.
Bloomington, Indiana
If astronomy had a ghost, it would look like this observatory.
Chantilly, Virginia
At Washington's Dulles Airport is a satellite museum (no pun intended) with three quarters of a million square feet of aircraft history.
Arlington, Virginia
The Pentagon is so large that it was planned like a city, complete with internal highway infrastructure.
Arlington, Virginia
The Pentagon sits on a former island that was in Virginia at low tide and D.C. at high tide.
Washington, D.C.
The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.
Washington, D.C.
Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.
Washington, D.C.
A heroic pigeon that, through a barrage of gunfire, delivered a message that saved over 100 lives in World War I.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Golden and naked, the figure that was once the highest point in New York is all that remains of the second Madison Square Garden.
Boston, Massachusetts
The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.
Boston, Massachusetts
This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.
New York, New York
Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.