Places kensears37 Wants to Go

The imprints of astronaut Charles Duke’s moon boots live on at Myrtle Beach’s official South Carolina Hall of Fame.

If it wasn’t for a real estate agent with a penchant for old-school arcades, this hands-on collection of nostalgic flipper machines might never exist.

Take in some Air Force history—and ogle some beautiful planes—at this little-known park near Myrtle Beach’s seashore.

A tribute to Rhode Island's state bird, a domesticated chicken breed that dominated the 19th-century poultry industry.

One artist’s scheme to expand museum viewing hours into the evening led to the illumination of an entire city.

Rediscovered after a century, the father of the American Navy was reinterred in something dredged up from Davy Jones’ locker.

At this former Prohibition speakeasy, electric birds signaled the arrival of hooch.

A hidden alley in urban Baltimore is a haven for graffiti artists.

A celebrity from the late Cretaceous period.

Built in 1815, the stabilized ruins of the grist mill and sawmill are now gated, but interpretive displays on the features and functions of the mill preserve its history.

An approximately 500 million-year-old rock outcropping covered in fossilized bacteria.

The place where travelers of the Mohawk Trail forded the Deerfield River rather than pay the toll at the turnpike bridge.

One of the oldest cemeteries in Vermont is the final resting place of soldiers, politicians, and a famous author.

A small burial ground honoring Native American veterans of the Revolutionary War.

In 1777, two men were killed after being struck by lightning at the same time.

One of the two USPS mailboats left in service docks regularly at Weirs Beach, Bear Island, and other Lake Winnipesaukee islands to deliver their mail.

This site commemorates the birthplace of the game of basketball, invented by James Naismith in the winter of 1891.

An abandoned military bunker that has been transformed into an artist's paradise.

The oldest philatelic museum in the United States.

Former private property that was hidden up a trail in the woods with thousands of bright yellow daffodils.

A real-life hidden Easter Egg in New Hampshire's capital city

This bridge over D.C.'s Rock Creek Park is sometimes called the "Buffalo Bridge" because of its four buffalo sculptures, which were cast from a single piece of bronze.

One of the first amphibian migration tunnels in the United States encourages a tradition that has inspired Amherst residents for decades.

Small caves once used as a hiding place for some of those accused during the Salem Witch Trials.