Detroit, Michigan
Giant Boxing Arm of Joe Louis
Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.
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Detroit, Michigan
Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.
San Francisco, California
Perfect your fly fishing technique on their practice ponds.
Prague, Czechia
Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.
Brooklyn, New York
The return of something once considered a basic part of life.
Brooklyn, New York
Once a ferry dock, radio transmitter, and now a new Greenpoint park.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.
Corbett, Oregon
A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.
Boston, Massachusetts
The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.
Battle Mountain, Nevada
Small Nevada town embraced its designation as the "Armpit of America" with an Old Spice-sponsored festival.
Eureka, California
Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.
Sleepy Hollow, New York
Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
Nyack, New York
Haunted Victorian house that inspired a legendary "Ghostbusters" court ruling.
London, England
Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.
San Francisco, California
Adolph Sutro's little-known, geographically inaccurate, deprecated monument.
Brooklyn, New York
Church featuring "high Victorian gothic" architecture.
Brooklyn, New York
Once a flowing stream and where the USS Monitor, the world's first ironclad, was built and launched.
Brooklyn, New York
Neoclassical bank designed by NY architects Helmle & Huberty.
Brooklyn, New York
Enormous one time fiber mill now houses local artists and small businesses.
Brooklyn, New York
Once a dumping spot, now a park with a kayak launch.
Brooklyn, New York
Known as the "Forgotten City" it was home to industry, riots, artists, squatters, and to one of the largest single disaster fires in New York City.
Queens, New York
A drawbridge named for a potentially intersex Polish national who fought alongside George Washington during the American Revolution, and an example of "Pulaski Red".
New York, New York
A hidden "place of interment for gentlemen."
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.