Fort Washington, Maryland
Fort Foote Rodman Guns
A mammoth pair of Civil War artillery guns abandoned out in the forest.
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Fort Washington, Maryland
A mammoth pair of Civil War artillery guns abandoned out in the forest.
Delmar, Maryland
The stone marker that Mason and Dixon placed at the eastern end of the famous north-south border they surveyed.
Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
Celebrating the end of winter, students gather every year at Lake Superior State University to torch a 12-foot-tall snowman.
Staten Island, New York
Eccentric stone cairns built on a public New York City beach.
Boyers, Pennsylvania
The aggressively banal name of this underground fortress of bureaucracy does little to evoke its truly surreal existence.
Lyndhurst, Ohio
Annual Easter display made up of thousands of hand-painted eggs.
Zanesville, Ohio
A favorite of Amelia Earhart, ranking among those rare bridges that can be crossed without changing sides of the river.
Luray, Virginia
An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.
Mt. Jewett, Pennsylvania
Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.
Kent, Ohio
Memorials and tributes scattered across the university grounds remember a famous national tragedy of the Nixon era.
Leavittsburg, Ohio
A grandiose title could not save this mercantile community from obscurity.
Warren, Ohio
The site of Neil Armstrong's first flight is marked by a full on replica of the moon landers.
Riverton, West Virginia
Near-constant high winds deform the trees on Spruce Knob, the highest point in West Virginia.
Eglon, West Virginia
This claimant to the title of "smallest church in the 48 states" doubles as an equally tiny, quasi-post office.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
With 3,000 bikes on display, the world's largest bicycle museum includes some famous rarities.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Found art has transformed this Pittsburgh neighborhood into a psychedelic dream.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Despite being stolen multiple times, this civic electrician's street corner Snoopy won't be stopped.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The last street in Pittsburgh that's paved with wood.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
A take-out restaurant that only serves cuisine from countries with which the United States is in conflict.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
This Old Testament garden features 100 plants from biblical times.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Once the most painted on object in the world, this short campus fence is well on its way to being so again.
Castle Shannon, Pennsylvania
The pop art icon's gravesite is broadcast 24 hours a day on his museum's website.
New York, New York
An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.
New York, New York
A Manhattan courthouse hides a small but scathing memorial to Holocaust injustice.