Danbury, Connecticut
World’s Tallest Uncle Sam Statue
Star-spangled and 38 feet tall.
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Danbury, Connecticut
Star-spangled and 38 feet tall.
Charlestown, Rhode Island
Tucked away in the forest, these giant wooden trolls delight visitors in Charlestown, Rhode Island.
Trenton, Maine
Since 1956, this quintessentially New England seafood shack has been boiling its lobsters in seawater over wood fires.
Bangor, Maine
This 1.5 million-gallon water tower inspired Stephen King while he was writing "It."
Bangor, Maine
This is the sewer drain that was the inspiration for the opening scene of Stephen King’s classic novel “IT”.
Bangor, Maine
The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.
Bangor, Maine
The second-oldest garden cemetery in the U.S. was also a college brainstorm spot of Stephen King.
Bar Harbor, Maine
These light, hollow rolls have been linked to Acadia National Park since the 1890s.
Northampton, Massachusetts
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles stop thieves at the site of a historic 1876 bank robbery.
Porto, Portugal
One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.
Porto, Portugal
A hidden three-foot-wide house separates these two regal churches.
Alcantarilha, Portugal
This unassuming chapel in Portugal plays host to a ghoulish collection of bones.
Faro, Portugal
This small chapel is built of human bones and decorated with a golden skeleton.
Grand Canyon Village, Arizona
A monument to the one-armed geologist who led the first documented expeditions through the Grand Canyon.
Sedona, Arizona
A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.
Sedona, Arizona
The world's only teal arches exist in a city that cares more about its aesthetic than an Instagram influencer.
Blythe, California
A collection of old shoes in the middle of nowhere.
Inyo County, California
"Only the devil could play golf here."
Inyo County, California
The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.
Inyo County, California
Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.
Furnace Creek, California
This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.
Beatty, Nevada
A land of debatable treasure.
Beatty, Nevada
Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.
Beatty, Nevada
The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.