San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico
House at Otowi Bridge
This old ruin once served as a post office, a train station, a restaurant, and a bridge to the Atomic Age.
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San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico
This old ruin once served as a post office, a train station, a restaurant, and a bridge to the Atomic Age.
Suffolk, Virginia
An out-of-the-way wildlife haven with a rich and storied past of harboring thousands of fugitive slaves, or "Maroons" during the mid 1800s.
Florence, South Carolina
"Not too many people can say they've had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, not too many would want to." — Walter Gregg.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.
Griffin, Georgia
Could this grave be the true resting place of legendary gunfighter "Doc" Holliday? Unclear.
DeLand, Florida
A spirited shopping experience.
Woodstock, Illinois
See where Bill Murray kidnapped a hapless Punxsutawney Phil.
Knoxville, Tennessee
Before TV meteorologists, there were weather kiosks. This may be the last one in the United States.
Marianna, Arkansas
One of the most acclaimed eateries in Arkansas is a two-table diner on the ground floor of a family home.
Landenberg, Pennsylvania
The meeting of the northwestern corner of Delaware, the northeastern corner of Maryland, and the southern edge of Pennsylvania.
Montevallo, Alabama
The permanent home of a 1960s traveling museum of tiny historical dioramas.
Rome, Georgia
Tombstone of a dog that greeted passengers at the Southern Railway Depot.
Rome, Georgia
This labyrinth was designed to help visitors focus and meditate.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Follow the steps, and this roadside artwork will teach you how to dance.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.
Shelbyville, Tennessee
Known by many as once the world's smartest horse.
Fort Payne, Alabama
This papier-mâché diorama celebrates an unusual landmark: the brightly-colored runoff from a local sock factory.
Sewanee, Tennessee
A natural sandstone bridge hidden in the Sewanee forest.
Stowe, Vermont
Vermont's hills are alive with the sound of music at this historic hotel.
Lexington, Mississippi
The body of an unidentified woman, visible through a glass coffin, was discovered by accident.
Accokeek, Maryland
The ruins of an 18th-century mansion that was once named "Mistake" by the man who had it built.
Panama City Beach, Florida
A graveyard of bathyspheres and diving bells paints a weirdly accurate account of ocean exploration's rickety history.
Linville, North Carolina
You can find America's highest suspension footbridge at Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina.
Culberson County, Texas
The highest point in Texas is capped by a big silver pyramid.