Saranac Lake, New York
Saranac Laboratory Museum
A former infectious disease laboratory chronicles how tuberculosis shaped a village nestled in the Adirondacks.
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Saranac Lake, New York
A former infectious disease laboratory chronicles how tuberculosis shaped a village nestled in the Adirondacks.
Wheat Ridge, Colorado
A Colorado store that specializes in all things spiritual, metaphysical, and witchy.
Ozark, Alabama
Six separate cemeteries became one, on the grounds of a former schoolhouse.
Cross Plains, Wisconsin
Picturesque and haunting, these 160-year-old stone ruins on top of a bluff are the only remains of a settler's legacy.
Danville, Pennsylvania
Construction uncovered this trove of fossils, which visitors are welcome to add to their own collections.
Bisbee, Arizona
This Old West hotel, the longest in continuous operation in the state of Arizona, is claimed to be haunted.
Sanderson, Texas
Amtrak's least-used stop in the entire country sits in a tiny West Texas town.
Palm Springs, California
A bust of the entertainer and politician sits in an alcove at the Palm Springs Airport.
McMinnville, Tennessee
This lavish abode was once the home of the inventor of "Gorilla Pants."
Mount Ida, Arkansas
You can dig up your own crystals in the quartz capital of the world.
Horton, Kansas
A plaque recognizes "unquestionably the most widely published photograph in rural electrification history."
St. Louis, Missouri
Hundreds of graffiti artists have decorated this flood-wall on the west bank of the Mississippi River.
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Abandoned blast furnaces are an enduring reminder of Scranton's once booming iron business.
Scranton, Pennsylvania
A museum dedicated to the history of electric interurban transit near the home of the first electric trolley system in the United States.
Louisville, Kentucky
Unique and somewhat surreal, this little girl's memorial depicts a playful Jesus.
Forrest, Illinois
Thousands of hats, pens, and pencils, hanging inside the walls of a former church.
Henderson, Kentucky
View Kentucky's beauty and history from the perspective of painter John James Audubon, author and illustrator.
Kilgore, Texas
At this rural museum, visitors can experience "Boomtown U.S.A.," a lifelike re-creation of an oil boomtown in the 1930s.
Oak Park, Illinois
After an Illinois church was struck by lightning and burned down, Frank Lloyd Wright designed this replacement.
Shepherdstown, West Virginia
True to its name, this little house presents like a dollhouse, and surprising details are revealed with a quick peek through the window.
Lyons, Kansas
This rural roadside cross marks the farthest point of Coronado's expedition, and the place where the Catholic faith first came to America.
Los Angeles, California
This humble American Craftsman home is where the Disney brothers’ animation business took flight in 1923.
Kansas City, Missouri
The golden age of flight captured in a downtown airport.
Seward, Alaska
The beginning of the historic Iditarod Trail connecting the Alaskan cities of Seward and Nome.