Sullivan's Island, South Carolina
Osceola's Grave
The final resting place of the Seminole Indian chief who fought against government occupation in Florida.
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Sullivan's Island, South Carolina
The final resting place of the Seminole Indian chief who fought against government occupation in Florida.
Sullivan's Island, South Carolina
A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.
Avery Island, Louisiana
For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.
Derry, New Hampshire
Former abode of notable poet, complete with literary references and stories of ghosts.
Salem, New Hampshire
America's oldest archaeological site or a muddled case of wishful thinking.
Newport, Rhode Island
Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.
Queens, New York
Holding the most bodies of any cemetery in the United States.
Hamer, South Carolina
I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.
Lexington, Virginia
This campus chapel is Robert E. Lee's final resting place and a topic of debate about the legacy of the Civil War.
San Juan Capistrano, California
Oldest building in California still in use.
San Gimignano, Italy
These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.
Pisa, Italy
The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.
Florence, Italy
This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.
Florence, Italy
This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.
Florence, Italy
The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.
Manchester, Vermont
An unexpected canine grave atop a mountain.
Montreal, Québec
A massive Montreal stadium that has seen nothing but trouble since its inception.
Montreal, Québec
Small ship votives hang from the vaulted ceiling of this port-side church with a Latin inscription on the wall.
Québec City, Québec
This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.
Montreal, Québec
A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.
Montreal, Québec
This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.
Montreal, Québec
Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.
Vicksburg, Mississippi
This iron and wood Civil War city-ship was the first vessel to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo.
Newton, Massachusetts
This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.