Addison, Illinois
Nike Park
Cold War missile launch site which has been converted to a public park.
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Addison, Illinois
Cold War missile launch site which has been converted to a public park.
Niles, Illinois
Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.
Metropolis, Illinois
You have to love a museum with a truly dedicated focus. A focus on Superman, for example.
Mountain City, Georgia
Where you can experience the story of Appalachia, as told by Appalachians.
Brunswick, Georgia
This monument claims to display the first pot used to cook a famed Southern stew.
Summerville, Georgia
This "Plant Farm Museum" is home to the divinely inspired and visionary outsider artwork of Reverend Howard Finster.
Buena Vista, Georgia
This folk art compound was built by a fortune teller on the advice of three people from the future.
Blenheim, South Carolina
Discovered by a soldier during the Revolutionary War, these springs helped create an iconic South Carolina ginger ale.
Greenville, South Carolina
This chicken coop pays homage to a classic architectural style made famous throughout the southern United States.
Seabrook, South Carolina
North America's oldest authentic African Village.
Bowman, South Carolina
This set of rickety spaceships are prepared to give alien travelers a place to relax and go to the bathroom.
Raleigh, North Carolina
A giant concrete churn carries the legacy of American resilience, unity, and greed.
Unger, West Virginia
Winding country roads in eastern West Virginia lead to an extraordinary place populated by fiberglass giants.
Arthurdale, West Virginia
The brainchild of Eleanor Roosevelt, her "Little Village" was a collectivist dream.
Oak Hill, West Virginia
A humble plaque marks the site where the country music legend was found dead in his Cadillac.
Green Bank, West Virginia
This rural community has attracted both scientists and techno-refugees due to its federally-mandated lack of technology.
Green Bank, West Virginia
The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.
Landenberg, Pennsylvania
The meeting of the northwestern corner of Delaware, the northeastern corner of Maryland, and the southern edge of Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Old neon signs from the City of Brotherly Love provide a snapshot of the city’s evolution.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
This church in Pittsburgh is home to the largest collection of religious relics in North America.
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
A train station that was abandoned by the coal industry and converted into a cocktail bar. Now it’s home to the local visitor bureau.
Latrobe, Pennsylvania
The universally beloved children's television figure is interred on a high hilltop in one of western Pennsylvania's oldest cemeteries.
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.
York, Pennsylvania
Political activist and writer Thomas Paine once lodged at this location.