Petersham, Massachusetts
Town of Dana
All that remains of this Massachusetts town, demolished in the name of progress, is a stone marker.
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Petersham, Massachusetts
All that remains of this Massachusetts town, demolished in the name of progress, is a stone marker.
Barre, Massachusetts
Surrounded by lonely toys, this Massachusetts gravestone marks the final resting place of six children who were murdered by poverty.
Gardner, Massachusetts
This donated headstone marks the grave of a pair of elderly women who were mysteriously murdered.
Leicester, Massachusetts
The pleasant woodland cemetery that has inspired more than its fair share of wild legends.
Nashville, Tennessee
The alley connecting two of country music’s most historic venues has a rich history of its own.
Nashville, Tennessee
These fossilized remains of an ancient saber-toothed cat inspired the mascot of Nashville's NHL team.
Lynchburg, Tennessee
All you ever needed or wanted to know about America's favorite whiskey, but not a drop to drink.
New Wilmington, Pennsylvania
Antiques and recycled art surround this cabin designed to resemble a 19th-century schoolhouse.
Moundsville, West Virginia
Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.
Mill Run, Pennsylvania
Frank Lloyd Wright’s most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.
Chester, West Virginia
First a root beer ad, then a golf course clubhouse, and finally a massive teapot.
Weirton, West Virginia
In an odd geographic anomaly this city borders two different states on opposite sides of town.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
A model of a dinosaur that was named for Andrew Carnegie stands outside the museum that also bears his name.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The souvenir got the company’s founder out of a pretty pickle at the World’s Fair.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Color-coded signs direct drivers on a network of routes designed to avoid Pittsburgh traffic.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The only way to see Pittsburgh is from the top of this lookout point, just like the ancient members of the native peoples did.
Cadiz, Ohio
The childhood home of a Hollywood legend.
Steubenville, Ohio
A larger than life statue of a steelworker keeps watch over a closed steel mill.
Moundsville, West Virginia
Despite its lavish ornamentation, and wholesome lifestyle of its devotees, this mountain commune has faced its share of issues.
Moundsville, West Virginia
The largest burial mound in the United States holds the remains of prehistoric West Virginians.
Wheeling, West Virginia
This abandoned dream castle and its cemetery look out over the city that once inspired their creation.
Bellaire, Ohio
There are more than 4 million bricks inside this unofficial Lego museum in a former middle school.