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The Garret
Permanently Closed

Bloomington, Indiana

The Garret

Ornate limestone building now filled with geologic specimens, and more.

Hoagy Carmichael's plaque

Richmond, Indiana

Gennett Walk of Fame

This Indiana walk of fame honors music legends with record-shaped plaques in the pavement.

Union Stock Yard Gate.

Chicago, Illinois

Union Stock Yard Gate

One of the few remaining relics of the meatpacking hub that made Chicago the "hog butcher to the world."

The manicured green

San Francisco, California

Golden Gate Park Lawn Bowling Club

The oldest lawn bowling club in the United States.

An open glen is home to the trees that represent the native state alliance

San Francisco, California

Arch of Colonial Trees

Thirteen trees representing the original thirteen colonies were planted with soil from historic Revolutionary battlefields.

The Waving Girl

Savannah, Georgia

The Waving Girl

A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.

A view of Crescent Beach from Ecola Point.

Cannon Beach, Oregon

Crescent Beach

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

Treasure Island as seen from Yerba Buena Island

San Francisco, California

Treasure Island

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

Vasehenge.
Permanently Closed

Zanesville, Ohio

Vasehenge

A circle of giant painted vases in the former pottery capital of the United States.

The plaque.

New Orleans, Louisiana

'Birthplace of Dixie' Plaque

The South's nickname was supposedly born at a former bank in New Orleans' French Quarter.

The entrance to the Gates of Hell.

Columbus, Ohio

Gates of Hell

The entrance to this sinisterly named tunnel hides behind a Tim Hortons.

Purple martins fly back to the William B. Umstead bridge at dusk.

Manteo, North Carolina

William B. Umstead Bridge

So many migrating birds roost on the bridge, it has a special summer speed limit.

Lucas Theatre

Savannah, Georgia

Lucas Theatre

The first public building in Savannah to offer air conditioning was a luxurious cinema that still operates today.

1950s Brown Derby on Wilshire Boulevard.

Los Angeles, California

Brown Derby

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

The RMS Queen Mary in Long Beach Harbor.

Long Beach, California

RMS Queen Mary

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

Marin County Civic Center.

San Rafael, California

Marin County Civic Center

Frank Lloyd Wright died a year before construction on his largest public project even began.

Gates Co-op Houseboat Community
Permanently Closed

Sausalito, California

Gates Co-op Houseboat Community

A living time capsule of the 1960s Richardson Bay water-front.

Harbor Drive Pedestrian Bridge

San Diego, California

Harbor Drive Pedestrian Bridge

This futuristic bridge is one of the longest self-anchored pedestrian bridges in the world.

These rocks were rubbed smooth by mammoths.

Duncans Mills, California

Mammoth Rubbing Rocks

Massive prehistoric mammals used these stones as oversized scratching posts.

Battery Spencer with with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background

Sausalito, California

Marin Headlands

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

Earthquake Fence

Olema, California

1906 Earthquake Fence

'Cause the fence start shaking, the earth was quaking.

The original Bay Bridge Troll

Oakland, California

Bay Bridge Troll

A creepy steel gremlin has protected the Bay Bridge since 1989.

Garden of Fragrance

San Francisco, California

Garden of Fragrance

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

The Hunter House.

Newport, Rhode Island

Hunter House

The first newspaper printed by an expeditionary force was published in this colonial mansion.

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