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A "day tripper," close-to-home attractions are preferred. But a short drive or overnight hotel stay is pleasant. The occasional longer trip is ideal.
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The bench

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.

Closeup of the “vandalism”

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Civil War Graffiti

Soldiers’ scrawls turned into history’s signatures.

Gettysburg Dime Museum
Permanently Closed

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Gettysburg Dime Museum

This recreation of a 19th-century dime museum is full of oddities.

Ivy grows on an old brick factory building with lots of windows

Cleveland, Ohio

Westinghouse Electric Corp

An enormous factory from the late 1800s sits abandoned on Cleveland eastside.

The Electrical Box Theatre

Los Angeles, California

The Electrical Box Theatre

This gray utility box is not full of wires; it is a tiny, operational theater hiding on a Downtown Los Angeles sidewalk.

The mother of all burners
Permanently Closed

Niagara Falls, New York

Niagara Science Museum

Collection of antique science instruments displayed in recreated 1870-1930 laboratories.

The Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

New York, New York

The Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

The home of the first American-born saint is one of the only curved buildings in New York.

767 Third Avenue

New York, New York

767 Third Avenue

A Manhattan office building is home to the world’s largest chess board.

Governors Island

New York, New York

Governors Island

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

Castle Williams

New York, New York

Castle Williams

In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

Wesley Memorial Monument

St. Simons Island, Georgia

Wesley Memorial Monument

Visit a memorial to the Wesley brothers, one the founder of Methodism and one a writer of over 6,500 hymns.

The Pensacola Lighthouse on Naval Air Station Pensacola. "Pensacola Lighthouse"

Pensacola, Florida

Pensacola Lighthouse

A striking lighthouse with views of the Gulf of Mexico and of a military air show.

Ruins of the kitchen outbuilding

Arlington, Virginia

Abingdon Plantation Ruins

The remains of a historic plantation nestled in between a parking lot and the rental car return at Reagan National Airport.

A half-smoke sausage from Weenie Beenie

Arlington, Virginia

Weenie Beenie

The last remaining location of a drive-up hot dog stand named after a local pool shark.

The Rosslyn Metro escalator. (Steven Cohen/Atlas Obscura)

Arlington, Virginia

Rosslyn Metro Escalator

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

Dark Star Park.

Arlington, Virginia

Dark Star Park

This unique historical monument features large concrete spheres designed to resemble fallen stars.

Pharmaceutical drug paraphernalia.

Arlington, Virginia

DEA Museum

An extensive, if one-sided, history of U.S. law enforcement's war on drugs.

Maple syrup bottle.

Hillsburgh, Ontario

Maple Syrup Museum of Ontario

This quaint museum taps into the sweet history of the maple syrup industry.

Wiarton Willie Statue

Wiarton, Ontario

Wiarton Willie Statue

This small town is home to Ontario’s answer to Punxsutawney Phil.

Giant fish sculpture

Trent Hills, Ontario

Hastings Pisces Pete

This enormous ode to sport fishing overlooks the region.

Oil Museum of Canada

Oil Springs, Ontario

Oil Museum of Canada

A petroleum heritage museum on the site where James Miller Williams dug the first commercial oil well on the continent in 1858.

Many visitors go up and hug the bee.

Alvinston, Ontario

Alvinston Honey Bee

This towering bee statue is a tribute to Ontario's first meadery and a century-old honey producer.

Wawa Goose

Wawa, Ontario

Wawa Goose

This giant roadside goose has been hailing travelers into a small Ontario town for over 50 years.

Niagara Falls Floral Clock

Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario

Niagara Falls Floral Clock

This impressive working clock made of 16,000 plants changes its flowers twice a year.

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