Rye, New Hampshire
Sunken Forests of Rye
Stumps of an Ice Age forest, visible only at low tide.
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Rye, New Hampshire
Stumps of an Ice Age forest, visible only at low tide.
Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts
Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.
Newbury, Massachusetts
This picturesque abandoned home is rumored to be a spite house.
York, Maine
New England's tallest light house stands on an island with a history of cannibalism and death.
York, Maine
True to its name, this bouncy walkway may be the world’s smallest suspension bridge.
Freeport, Maine
This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.
Portland, Maine
The world's only and thus largest collection of its kind celebrates everyday wonder through simple umbrella sheaths.
Bucksport, Maine
A restored historic movie theater is the perfect place for a regional film archive.
Ellsworth, Maine
As communication goes completely wireless, this Maine museum remembers all the wires that got us to this point.
Gurdon, Arkansas
A mysterious light floating in the trees of Arkansas may be a piezoelectric effect.
Memphis, Tennessee
A Memphis park where you can walk the whole Mississippi River in one go.
Memphis, Tennessee
This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.
Trenton, Tennessee
The world's largest collection of porcelain "veilleuses-theiere," or night light teapots, includes four that belonged to Napoleon.
Nashville, Tennessee
At 135 years old and counting, this historic print shop is heaven for poster nerds and music buffs.
Kingston Springs, Tennessee
The first full-scale tunnel built in America is short but scenic.
Sparta, Tennessee
Visit this playground of waterfalls, caves and sinkholes.
Crossville, Tennessee
This structure among the trees was the result of divine inspiration.
Hot Springs, North Carolina
North Carolina's finest examples of Native American pictographs have survived for 5,000 years.
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.
Paris, Texas
In Paris, Texas they have their own Eiffel Tower, it just has a cowboy hat on it.
Royse City, Texas
This crumbling UFO is one of only a few remaining "moveable ski chalets" of its kind.
Bryson City, North Carolina
This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.
Bristol, Virginia
One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.
Duffield, Virginia
A 300-yard long natural tunnel runs through a ridge deep in the Appalachian Mountains.