Anaheim, California
Petrified Tree
The oldest attraction in Disneyland is a prehistoric stump that Walt may have bought for his wife.
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Anaheim, California
The oldest attraction in Disneyland is a prehistoric stump that Walt may have bought for his wife.
Three Rivers, California
Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.
Sequoia National Park, California
Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).
Agoura Hills, California
The show's fictional Korean medical camp was created in the Santa Monica hills.
Los Angeles, California
There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.
Los Angeles, California
This nondescript tunnel has been featured in a number of iconic movies, from “Roger Rabbit” to “Back to the Future.”
Inglewood, California
A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.
Middlesboro, Kentucky
Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia meet at this point in the Cumberland Gap.
Townsend, Tennessee
This 19th-century building inadvertently preserved the handprints of its builders within its walls.
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.
Atlanta, Georgia
The first integrated firehouse in Atlanta houses a museum on the history of desegregation in the city's fire department.
Blairsville, Georgia
Georgia's highest point was given its strange name thanks to a simple translation error.
Washington, D.C.
A muscular Art Deco monument represents the struggle between regulators and unbridled markets.
Washington, D.C.
A much-maligned monument to teetotalism.
Hyde Park, New York
"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."
Syracuse, New York
A reversed traffic signal that was once violently misinterpreted as a statement on British-Irish relations.
Niagara Falls, New York
Genesis of modern hydroelectric power.
Niagara Falls, New York
Toxic waste disaster that founded the Superfund program.
Knoxville, Maryland
This advertisement for talcum powder was painted on the rock face and has since defied removal.
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.
Hamer, South Carolina
I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.
Yorktown, Virginia
The location where the American Revolution ended.
Howes Cave, New York
Why have you never heard of the second most popular tourist site in New York?
Syracuse, New York
This monument pays tribute to the city’s contribution to basketball history.