Groton, Connecticut
Submarine Force Museum
The US Navy's only submarine museum is also home to the world's first nuclear submarine.
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Places this traveler has marked as been there.
New Paltz, New York
Mohonk Testimonial Gateway
This stone gatehouse was once the entrance to a historic mountain resort, and it had a cameo in a cheesy cult horror movie.
Delaware, Ohio
The Rutherford B. Hayes Birthplace Gas Station
A gas station has taken the place of the home of the 19th American President.
Key West, Florida
Southernmost Point of the Continental U.S.
A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.
Key West, Florida
Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum
The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.
Alice Town, Bahamas
Dolphin House Museum
One man's love of sea life and art has turned his home into a temple of outsider island art.
Santa Monica, California
Route 66 End of the Trail Sign
A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.
San Diego, California
San Diego Museum of Us
An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Rocky Statue
Yo, Adrian!
Los Angeles, California
Mel Brooks Handprint
There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.
Bloomington, Minnesota
The Mall of America
Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...
Monterey, California
San Carlos Cathedral
The oldest continuously operating church in California.
Permanently Closed
San Francisco, California
Forbes Island
Floating man-made island and upscale restaurant.
San Francisco, California
Murphy Windmill
Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.
San Francisco, California
Dutch Windmill
The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.
Depoe Bay, Oregon
Cape Foulweather
The first North American landing spot for James Cook on his third voyage of discovery in the Pacific.
Rapid City, South Dakota
Depression Era Dinosaur Park
One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.
Custer, South Dakota
Crazy Horse Memorial
The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.
Mitchell, South Dakota
The Corn Palace
A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.
Pacific Grove, California
Point Pinos Lighthouse
The oldest lighthouse on America's west coast no longer needs keepers, yet they maintain the site anyhow.
Washington, D.C.
Albert Einstein Bronze Statue
The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.
Paris, France
Montmartre Funicular
The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.
Monterosso al Mare, Italy
Il Gigante
The bomb-ravaged remains of of a colossal Neptune.
Vernazza, Italy
Cinque Terre
Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.
