Sitka, Alaska
Saint Michael's Cathedral
The first Russian Orthodox church in North America and an Alaskan landmark.
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Sitka, Alaska
The first Russian Orthodox church in North America and an Alaskan landmark.
Portland, Oregon
This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.
Las Vegas, Nevada
These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.
Hurricane, Utah
A tunnel with windows, so you don't miss out on the impressive views.
Anchorage, Alaska
A suburban street in Anchorage doubles as a runway, and each home has its own airplane hangar.
Aristes, Pennsylvania
A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.
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.
Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
An Olympic hero stripped of his medals is buried in a town he never visited, which took his name after his death.
Ashley, Pennsylvania
This demolished goliath of American industry once loomed over the depressed town it once made thrive.
Brodheadsville, Pennsylvania
Intricate storybook scenes are tucked inside these shadow boxes, which are tucked inside a library in the Pocono Mountains.
Princeton, New Jersey
The final resting place of many of New Jersey's most famous residents, including U.S. history's most in-vogue antagonist, Aaron Burr.
Gustavus, Alaska
A rare kind of blue bear can be found chiefly in the national park that shares their name.
Denver, Colorado
Neal Cassady may still have an open tab at one of Denver’s oldest watering holes.
Denver, Colorado
The oldest operating cemetery in Denver is the eternal home of some of the Centennial State's most famous residents.
Denver, Colorado
This modern antique shop is a museum for 1980's Saturday morning cartoon culture.
Clifton, New Jersey
Series of storm drains connected to a dark urban legend.
Egg Harbor City, New Jersey
This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.
Hammonton, New Jersey
In the woods of New Jersey lie the ruins of a munitions village abandoned after World War I and the remnants of a 1920s wooden racetrack.
Ogdensburg, New Jersey
Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.
New York, New York
Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.
New York, New York
Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.
New York, New York
A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.
New York, New York
Deep under Manhattan is the largest construction project in city history. So far, the project has taken the lives of 23 workers, or "a man a mile."
San Antonio, Texas
A tall smoke stack and boarded-up buildings are all that's left of the pioneering plant.