Key West, Florida
Southernmost Point of the Continental U.S.
A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.
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Key West, Florida
A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.
Key West, Florida
The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.
St. Augustine, Florida
Location of a reliquary containing bone fragments of 18 saints.
St. Augustine, Florida
The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.
St. Augustine, Florida
It's a pretty creepy lock-up.
St. Augustine, Florida
A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.
Wendover, Utah
Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.
San Antonio, Texas
Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.
San Antonio, Texas
A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.
Helena, Montana
Modeled after a famous church in Vienna, Austria—but in Helena, Montana.
Berkeley Springs, West Virginia
Berkeley Springs State Park boasts the nation's only monument commemorating presidential bathing.
Trenton, New Jersey
This Delaware River bridge is emblazoned with a catty slogan from a more prosperous time.
Hershey, Pennsylvania
This extraordinary Depression-era expenditure was modeled after a postcard of a Mediterranean hotel.
Mill Run, Pennsylvania
Frank Lloyd Wright’s most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.
Hudson, New York
The Hudson River School comes alive at this palatial estate.
Saugerties, New York
One man's swirling six-acre monument of stone.
Madrid, Spain
A towering monument in Spain has proven to be more labor-intensive than initially planned.
Rome, Italy
Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.
Asheville, North Carolina
A museum dedicated to the legacy of Bob Moog and his pioneering synthesizers.
Hartford, Connecticut
A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.
Dover, Delaware
The Dover International Speedway is home to a towering, concrete-skinned, racecar-hungry behemoth.
Fenwick Island, Delaware
A desiccated merman and a walrus penis bone are among the oddities in this eclectic collection of shipwreck treasures.
Sterling, Virginia
These unusual rooms on wheels are holdovers from the 1960s.
Alexandria, Virginia
A former major munitions plant that has been converted into a sprawling art space.