Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Bench of Irony
While seemingly a cruel joke, this bench actually honors an esteemed member of the community who passed away in 2006.
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
While seemingly a cruel joke, this bench actually honors an esteemed member of the community who passed away in 2006.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Soldiers’ scrawls turned into history’s signatures.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
This recreation of a 19th-century dime museum is full of oddities.
Cleveland, Ohio
An enormous factory from the late 1800s sits abandoned on Cleveland eastside.
Los Angeles, California
This gray utility box is not full of wires; it is a tiny, operational theater hiding on a Downtown Los Angeles sidewalk.
Niagara Falls, New York
Collection of antique science instruments displayed in recreated 1870-1930 laboratories.
New York, New York
The home of the first American-born saint is one of the only curved buildings in New York.
New York, New York
A Manhattan office building is home to the world’s largest chess board.
New York, New York
Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.
New York, New York
In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.
St. Simons Island, Georgia
Visit a memorial to the Wesley brothers, one the founder of Methodism and one a writer of over 6,500 hymns.
Pensacola, Florida
A striking lighthouse with views of the Gulf of Mexico and of a military air show.
Arlington, Virginia
The remains of a historic plantation nestled in between a parking lot and the rental car return at Reagan National Airport.
Arlington, Virginia
The last remaining location of a drive-up hot dog stand named after a local pool shark.
Arlington, Virginia
At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.
Arlington, Virginia
This unique historical monument features large concrete spheres designed to resemble fallen stars.
Arlington, Virginia
An extensive, if one-sided, history of U.S. law enforcement's war on drugs.
Hillsburgh, Ontario
This quaint museum taps into the sweet history of the maple syrup industry.
Wiarton, Ontario
This small town is home to Ontario’s answer to Punxsutawney Phil.
Trent Hills, Ontario
This enormous ode to sport fishing overlooks the region.
Oil Springs, Ontario
A petroleum heritage museum on the site where James Miller Williams dug the first commercial oil well on the continent in 1858.
Alvinston, Ontario
This towering bee statue is a tribute to Ontario's first meadery and a century-old honey producer.
Wawa, Ontario
This giant roadside goose has been hailing travelers into a small Ontario town for over 50 years.
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
This impressive working clock made of 16,000 plants changes its flowers twice a year.