Austin, Texas
The Goddess of Liberty
After 97 years of constant vigilance from the dome of the Texas State Capitol, the original Goddess of Liberty retired to a life of climate-controlled leisure.
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Austin, Texas
After 97 years of constant vigilance from the dome of the Texas State Capitol, the original Goddess of Liberty retired to a life of climate-controlled leisure.
Austin, Texas
Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.
Austin, Texas
Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.
Key West, Florida
Here’s how Robert the Doll earned his reputation as the most haunted doll in the world.
Key West, Florida
The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity's microbrewery.
Key West, Florida
"We Seceded Where Others Failed."
Key West, Florida
The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.
Key West, Florida
The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.
Key West, Florida
A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.
Savannah, Georgia
An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.
Savannah, Georgia
"X" marks the spot of an echo chamber in the middle of a plaza.
Johns Island, South Carolina
One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.
Charleston, South Carolina
Thirteen pastel palaces in downtown Charleston add a gorgeous splash of color to the city.
Ware, Massachusetts
The largest body of water in Massachusetts annihilated four small towns just to slake Boston's thirst.
Harvard, Massachusetts
Utopia and nostalgia mingle at the site of Bronson Alcott's ill-fated agrarian commune.
West Boylston, Massachusetts
The only surviving building of historic West Boylston, which was flooded to create the Wachusett Reservoir.
Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts
An old trolley bridge was converted into a breathtaking garden bursting with colorful flowers.
Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts
Over 50 whirling pools left behind from the glacial age.
Groton, Massachusetts
On top of Gibbet Hill lie the ruins of a lavish turn-of-the-century estate that never quite came to be.
Devens, Massachusetts
A tribute to the couples who brave long periods of separation during wartime.
Westminster, Massachusetts
One man built this massive wall to keep his neighbor from complaining about working on Sundays.
Princeton, Massachusetts
This massive boulder is inscribed with the story of a sensational hostage negotiation dating back to Colonial times.
Milford, New Hampshire
This historic mini-suspension bridge was swept away once but is now here to stay.
Petersham, Massachusetts
This series of landscape dioramas tell the story of New England forestry in exacting miniature detail.