McKenzie Bridge, Oregon
Proxy Falls
This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.
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McKenzie Bridge, Oregon
This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.
Brooklyn, New York
A working monastery hidden away in Brooklyn once abutted the location of a former inebriate's home.
Columbus, Georgia
Coca Cola may be "the real thing" but its inventor, buried at this Georgia gravesite, called it a "valuable brain tonic."
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.
Lake Buena Vista, Florida
Disney World's very first waterpark is now an abandoned ruin being reclaimed by the swamp.
Morrison, Colorado
Travel through the wholesome amusements of yesteryear at this charming miniature village.
Amarillo, Texas
These half-buried combine harvesters just off Route 66 are an homage to the Cadillac Ranch.
Mount Airy, North Carolina
This North Carolina grave is the final resting place of the world's most famous conjoined twins.
Memphis, Tennessee
This homegrown adoption center offers a wonderland of feline companionship.
New Paltz, New York
This stone gatehouse was once the entrance to a historic mountain resort, and it had a cameo in a cheesy cult horror movie.
Fayetteville, New York
Surprisingly aquamarine waters fill deep lakes formed at the end of the last ice age.
Winslow, Arizona
This Route 66 classic sports a giant fiberglass rabbit that you can ride.
Afton, Virginia
A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.
Danville, Virginia
This sprawling museum holds one man's giant collection of real tanks.
Asbury Park, New Jersey
A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.
Seattle, Washington
A Seattle oddities shop brimming with Victorian-era gems and antique curio.
Lookout Mountain, Tennessee
This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.
Thomasville, Georgia
A beautifully detailed Victorian house designed to be easy to flee, built by a man haunted by fire.
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
The remains of a community that was forced to move for a dam that never materialized still rot in this Pennsylvania park.
Whigham, Georgia
This protected reserve is home to a rare and beautiful species of flower.
St. Joseph, Minnesota
A jaw-dropping brutalist space church seems to have crash-landed in the middle of America.
El Paso, Texas
This mountain tram provides stunning views while hanging from a single, steel thread.
Ponce Inlet, Florida
The third tallest lighthouse in America once guided author Stephen Crane to safety.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.