Salisbury, Connecticut
South Slope of Mount Frissell
The highest point in Connecticut was incorrectly memorialized before surveyors discovered the actual spot.
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Salisbury, Connecticut
The highest point in Connecticut was incorrectly memorialized before surveyors discovered the actual spot.
Ayr, Scotland
These unique weather vanes honor Scotland's most famous bard and decorate this walkway.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A rare and unique example of an 18th-century door latch calls this restaurant home.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Scotland's first Masonic lodge may also be the oldest in the world.
Nairn, Scotland
One of the most spectacular 18th-century bridges in Scotland.
Highland, Scotland
A double cantilever system bridge that was designed to prevent flood damage.
Washington, D.C.
There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.
Pawtucket, Rhode Island
The place where Samuel "Slater the Traitor" brought the Industrial Revolution to America.
Pawtucket, Rhode Island
The first ever diner included on the National Register of Historic Places is famous for its custard French toast.
Newcomb, New York
An old abandoned mining town in The Adirondacks where Theodore Roosevelt first learned of the shooting of President William McKinley.
Newcomb, New York
Hike deep into the woods to explore this Gilded Age masterpiece.
South Kingstown, Rhode Island
Off a hiking trail in Rhode Island stands a picturesque memorial to a long-forgotten war.
Edinburgh, Scotland
An ancient stone with mysterious origins stands in a residential neighborhood.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A pair of stones embedded in an Edinburgh street memorialize one of the city's last public hangings.
Lincoln, New Hampshire
Come for the gun-toting hillbilly madman, stay for the ice-cream loving basketball bears.
Alexandria, Virginia
The only place for a truly presidential dram.
Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Nestled amid the peaks and lochs of the Scottish Highlands, this inn and pub has played host to outlaws and ghosts.
Dublin, Ireland
This pub built its reputation pouring post-shift pints for employees of the cemetery with which it shares a wall.
Galway City, Ireland
Originally built to monitor fishing, this Victorian tower now educates visitors about the local salmon industry.
Edinburgh, Scotland
One of Edinburgh's oldest pubs hides a 19th-century skittles alley in the back.
Biddeford, Maine
Maine's oldest diner also happens to win acclaim for its elevated comfort food.
White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.
Weston, Massachusetts
This tower pays homage to a legendary Viking fort established in Massachusetts that never really existed.
Ashland, Pennsylvania
The only geyser in the state of Pennsylvania is caused by pressure from an abandoned coal mine outside of the ghost town Centralia.