Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Sputnik IV Crash Site
A metal ring in the middle of the road marks the exact spot where the Soviet satellite crash-landed in 1962.
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Manitowoc, Wisconsin
A metal ring in the middle of the road marks the exact spot where the Soviet satellite crash-landed in 1962.
Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Paranormal activity on the great lakes.
Midland, Michigan
This unusual three-way wooden foot bridge spans two rivers at once.
East Aurora, New York
This former hub for crafty philosophers was founded by a writer who died aboard the infamous RMS Lusitania.
New York, New York
Church in Manhattan holds the bloody sock of Padre Pio, among with many other unusual relics.
Gauley Bridge, West Virginia
The tallest waterfall in West Virginia.
Louisa, Kentucky
While filling up your gas tank in eastern Kentucky, you just might stumble into this collection of country music memorabilia.
Brandy Station, Virginia
This abandoned church languishing for decades is now one man's passion project and subject of paranormal investigators.
Brandy Station, Virginia
At Brandy Station, Civil War soldiers left their mark on the battlefield and the walls of this small wooden house.
Hildebran, North Carolina
An abandoned village that doubled as "The Hunger Games"' post-apocalyptic wasteland is up for grabs.
Griffin, Georgia
Could this grave be the true resting place of legendary gunfighter "Doc" Holliday? Unclear.
Montgomery, Alabama
Colloquially known as "the lynching memorial," this is the United States' first memorial to the victims of racial terror at home.
Rockville, Maryland
The final resting place of the tragic king and queen of the Jazz Age is tucked away in a small Maryland graveyard.
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
A local prank turned town icon.
Elmira, New York
A historical home in upstate New York honors the work of John W. Jones, a formerly enslaved man who was a major agent for the Underground Railroad.
Fergus Falls, Minnesota
This sprawling building built in 1890 was one of Minnesota’s earliest and largest mental health facilities.
Ida Grove, Iowa
An eclectic assortment of medieval architecture in a small Iowa town.
Sac City, Iowa
Eight feet in diameter and more than 24 feet around.
Mount Horeb, Wisconsin
A bypass decorated with large wooden troll carvings.
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.
Mexico City, Mexico
The underground mall's skylights look like they could be part of a spaceship.
South Bend, Indiana
This museum collects over a century of automobile history including the iconic car from The Muppet Movie.
Latrobe, Pennsylvania
The universally beloved children's television figure is interred on a high hilltop in one of western Pennsylvania's oldest cemeteries.
Everett, Pennsylvania
Built in the 1970s, this curious modular home found new life as a sundae-shaped ice cream stand.