Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
Jim Thorpe Monument
An Olympic hero stripped of his medals is buried in a town he never visited, which took his name after his death.
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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.
Barnegat Light, New Jersey
A granite monument honors a beloved World War II canine mascot.
Tabernacle, New Jersey
Rising out of a clearing in New Jersey's Pine Barrens is an Aztec-inspired monument to the "Lindbergh of Mexico."
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.
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Memorial built in 1922 in remembrance of WWI casualties.
Margate City, New Jersey
Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."
Vineland, New Jersey
This Great Depression-era creation was once known as the strangest house in the world.
Millville, New Jersey
The remains of an old sawmill, gristmill and the surrounding industry dating back to the 18th century.
Casa Grande, Arizona
Rumor had it that these concrete crosses scattered across the Arizona scrubland helped align spy satellites. (They didn’t.)
Coolidge, Arizona
Some of the tallest ancient American ruins continue to inspire awe and curiosity.
Roosevelt, Arizona
This 40-room dwelling tucked within a cliff was built by the basin's prehistoric residents.
Phoenix, Arizona
A museum and tribute to a brave profession.
Mesa, Arizona
These free-roaming horses were once destined to disappear from the land.
Apache Junction, Arizona
This collection of Wild West movie memorabilia also claims to hold some secrets of the Lost Dutchman's mine.
Mesa, Arizona
Come for the pizza, stay for a performance on the world's largest theater pipe organ.
Greenville, Maine
The debris forms a solemn memorial to those who died in a 1963 accident.
Yeadon, Pennsylvania
America's first serial killer rests in anonymity.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
The superstar of Cold War nuclear bunkers has been featured in countless films but is now barely operational.
Lowell, Massachusetts
The birth home of one of cinema's legendary actresses.
Durham, New Hampshire
University of New Hampshire holds the documentation and artifacts of local alien abductees.
Exeter, New Hampshire
Annual celebration commemorating the 1965 sighting of strange lights in the town.
Cambridge, Maryland
This 1830s store is believed to be the site of Harriet Tubman's first stand.