St. Augustine, Florida
The Love Trees of St. Augustine
Intertwined, interspecies trees which locals believe can grant boons to lovers.
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St. Augustine, Florida
Intertwined, interspecies trees which locals believe can grant boons to lovers.
St. Augustine, Florida
A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.
Wilson, North Carolina
A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.
Fredericksburg, Virginia
This war hero's old shop remembers the fine line between medicine and quackery during the Revolutionary War.
St. Petersburg, Florida
The site of a gold-digging conquistador's bloody landing in the Americas.
St. Petersburg, Florida
A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.
St. Petersburg, Florida
Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.
St. Petersburg, Florida
The story of a Floridian city as told through an obscure sport for retirees.
Richmond, Virginia
Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.
Richmond, Virginia
Inspired by a foil-wrapped potato, (seriously) the Markel Building has been deemed one of the 10 ugliest buildings in the world.
Newton, Massachusetts
A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.
Needham, Massachusetts
An elaborate, hidden model train in the Needham Town Forest.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Whimsical cookie-themed plaques mark the birthplace of the Fig Newton.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
A tiny monument to the classic American candy.
Boston, Massachusetts
Sacks of potatoes, made of cast stone, mark where the iconic potato sheds once stood along the river.
Concord, Massachusetts
"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."
Boiceville, New York
Homemade rockets, dinosaurs, and robots make this New York small business much more than a furniture store.
Goshen, Massachusetts
A stunning garden filled with fantastical environmental folk art and sculptures.
North Adams, Massachusetts
Naturally formed white marble arch housed in an abandoned marble quarry from the 1800s.
North Adams, Massachusetts
Resonating tubes make music from highway overpass.
Saugerties, New York
One man's swirling six-acre monument of stone.
Sheffield, Massachusetts
The former residence of Elizabeth “Mumbet” Freeman, an enslaved African-American woman who successfully sued for her freedom.
Mount Washington, Massachusetts
One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.
Sheffield, Massachusetts
The site of the first "historically true" UFO encounter in the U.S.