Traverse City, Michigan
Doug Murdick’s Rooftop Box of Fudge
For more than 50 years, an iconic sign has greeted visiting “fudgies” to the Traverse City area.
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Traverse City, Michigan
For more than 50 years, an iconic sign has greeted visiting “fudgies” to the Traverse City area.
Ocracoke, North Carolina
The North Carolina grounds are leased in perpetuity to the British Commonwealth for as long as the WWII sailors are buried there.
Hatteras, North Carolina
This historic sunny-yellow building has an unfortunate connection to the sinking of the Titanic.
Hatteras, North Carolina
The time thousands of bags of chips washed ashore in the Outer Banks is memorialized in a local museum.
Frisco, North Carolina
The only known Futuro house in North Carolina sits along a stretch of desolate highway on the Outer Banks. .
Montrose, Colorado
A dangerous narrow-gauge railroad once traced a route through this striking canyon.
North East, Maryland
This historic lighthouse was well known for the large number of women who served as its keeper.
Nashville, Tennessee
The alley connecting two of country music’s most historic venues has a rich history of its own.
Nashville, Tennessee
When Motown musicians came to Nashville in the 1960s they stayed at this historic record-pressing company because hotels wouldn't host them.
Nashville, Tennessee
This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.
Biloxi, Mississippi
A historic Civil War estate-turned-museum looks back on the Confederate States of America.
Pensacola, Florida
Florida’s half-sized replica of the Vietnam Veterans Wall.
Homosassa, Florida
Meet manatees face-to-face at this zoo for native species.
Chiefland, Florida
A much more welcome kind of snowbird vacationer, manatees camp out in these springs every winter.
Ponce Inlet, Florida
The third tallest lighthouse in America once guided author Stephen Crane to safety.
North Charleston, South Carolina
This recently rediscovered Civil War-era submarine was the first to ever sink an enemy ship.
Lusby, Maryland
Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.
Scotland, Maryland
This scenic Maryland park was the site of one of the worst prison camps of the Civil War.
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Scenic mount trashmore, Virginia Beach's most curious waterfront still has a couple of secrets.
Corolla, North Carolina
Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.
Poplar Branch, North Carolina
The Cadillac Ranch for monster truck aficionados.
Nags Head, North Carolina
This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.
Washington, D.C.
Railroad officials in the early 1900s sought to spare travelers the sight of Roman soldiers’ private parts.
Washington, D.C.
A museum cafe showcases Native American dishes and indigenous ingredients from across the Western Hemisphere.