Boston, Massachusetts
Old Franklin Park Zoo Bear Pens
The bears may be gone, but their old cages can still be found.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Boston, Massachusetts
The bears may be gone, but their old cages can still be found.
Hartford, Connecticut
An abandoned gun-funded 19th century utopia.
Hartford, Connecticut
The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.
Hartford, Connecticut
An easy-to-miss plaque marks the building that first held this 19th-century telephone innovation.
Hartford, Connecticut
The oldest place in Hartford is a cemetery with thousands of bodies stacked beneath the grass.
Bridgeport, Connecticut
A museum designed by and dedicated to P.T. Barnum in the town where he is buried.
Austin, Texas
One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.
Austin, Texas
Just like the real 36th president of the United States, animatronic LBJ amuses visitors with jokes and stories.
San Antonio, Texas
Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.
San Antonio, Texas
A colorful public mural in San Antonio's West Side encourages students to stay in school.
San Antonio, Texas
The 40-foot-tall votive candle is the largest of its kind.
Jekyll Island, Georgia
Georgia's first brewery is also one of its oldest surviving buildings.
St. Augustine, Florida
An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
The fictional star of "Breaking Bad" is memorialized with a real-life gravestone in his hometown.
Abiquiu, New Mexico
The building stands within a quiet, postcard-perfect New Mexico village.
Los Alamos, New Mexico
A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.
Chimayo, New Mexico
This popular pilgrimage site offers a hole filled with holy healing dirt.
Los Cerrillos, New Mexico
This sparsely populated town offers a look back in time.
Los Cerrillos, New Mexico
Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.
Pecos, New Mexico
Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Setting this massive marionette aflame rids Santa Fe of doom and gloom for another year.
East Haddam, Connecticut
Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage.
Hartford, Connecticut
An iconic steel and chrome diner from the 1940s left empty for nearly 20 years is in danger of being demolished.