Palmdale, California
Blackbird Airpark
See four top-secret US spy aircraft of the Cold War era, including the legendary SR-71 Blackbird and the A-12 Oxcart.
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Palmdale, California
See four top-secret US spy aircraft of the Cold War era, including the legendary SR-71 Blackbird and the A-12 Oxcart.
Lundy, California
A scenic hike in the High Sierra that ends at an old gold mine.
Concord, New Hampshire
A real-life hidden Easter Egg in New Hampshire's capital city
Lehighton, Pennsylvania
A unique sculpture designed to raise stroke awareness.
Seattle, Washington
This multi-functional park is a marvel of civic engagement.
Carp Lake, Michigan
“The Place Where Food Grows Near the River” implements ancestral Indigenous agricultural techniques.
Albion, New York
Intact 125-year-old carpentry shop and Victorian house, along with cobblestone architecture structures.
Atlanta, Georgia
One of the only remaining vestiges of baseball's Negro Leagues in Atlanta.
Denver, Colorado
In the middle of a busy airport, a statue honoring the astronaut who told Houston that Apollo 13 had a problem.
San Francisco, California
A four paneled, brightly multicolored mosaic adorns the side of this popular grocery store.
Yermo, California
A collection of anti-communist sculptures stands watch in the Mojave Desert.
Punta Gorda, Florida
Some believe Ponce de León's mystical spring lurks right under a public drinking fountain.
Atlanta, Georgia
To find the final resting place of a golf legend, just look for the grave covered in golf balls.
Washington, D.C.
The "Key of Keys" for Washington, D.C. and the apocryphal landing place for the military campaign that started George Washington's career is now at the bottom of a well.
Paicines, California
After the nearby mercury mine shut down, this town was abandoned and declared a Superfund site.
San Francisco, California
Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.
San Diego, California
A hidden courtyard houses early 20th-century plaster masterpieces.
Port Austin, Michigan
Artist Scott Hocking took a dilapidated 1890s barn to create his massive "Barnboat."
Olympia, Washington
Local stories say that if you drink from this well, you will return to Olympia.
West Mifflin, Pennsylvania
The last funhouse of its kind, where guests enter through the mouth of an 80-year-old blue whale.
Lafayette, Louisiana
A reimagined 19th-century Acadian village featuring authentic Cajun-style homes filled with artifacts specific to the period.
Seattle, Washington
Three nine-foot-tall bathing beauties perched elegantly on life-rings welcome visitors to the Alki waterfront.
Saline, Louisiana
The home and birthplace of Caroline Dormon, a naturalist, artist, and the "mother of the Kisatchie National Forest."
Queens, New York
A former Tibetan monk made a name for himself selling some of the best beef momos in New York.