Salem, Massachusetts
House of the Seven Gables
The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.
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Salem, Massachusetts
The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.
Salem, Massachusetts
The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.
Heimaey, Iceland
This museum explores how a 1973 volcanic eruption forever changed this small Icelandic island.
Lanham, Maryland
A lawn full of retired spacecraft on display at one of NASA's first research labs.
Alexandria, Virginia
This brick-lined pedestrian walkway was once a railway tunnel used during the Civil War.
Gibsonton, Florida
The snowbirds here are circus sideshow performers.
Riverview, Florida
The history of the traveling carnival is remembered by this sprawling collection of vintage wagons, games, and rides.
Apollo Beach, Florida
Manatees congregate around a power plant's discharge canal where the water is especially warm.
Tampa, Florida
This grand Spanish-Cuban restaurant has been serving customers for more than a century.
Tampa, Florida
An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.
Tampa, Florida
A memorial to legendary newsman, publisher, and owner of La Gaceta, the only trilingual newspaper in the U.S.
Tampa, Florida
A tiny, unassuming park in Tampa that belongs to the Republic of Cuba.
Tampa, Florida
"Bite or Smite" became the unlikely mascot of a Tampa suburb.
Safety Harbor, Florida
This home is decked out like a psychedelic explosion of colors and bowling balls.
Clearwater, Florida
This glass-stain Mary attracted thousands of pilgrims until her head was shattered by a vandal with a slingshot.
Clearwater, Florida
An abandoned Victorian house transformed into a museum and store filled with taxidermy and vintage goods.
Washington, D.C.
The most decorated dog of World War I is preserved in the Smithsonian.
Washington, D.C.
Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.
Washington, D.C.
This taxidermy horse was a Civil War hero.
Washington, D.C.
A heroic pigeon that, through a barrage of gunfire, delivered a message that saved over 100 lives in World War I.
Washington, D.C.
There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.
Washington, D.C.
The U.S. Fish Commission’s effort to mass produce carp.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Built in 1931, this small passageway is believed to be the first modern skyway.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
This statue of Olympic hockey coach Herb Brooks immortalizes one of the greatest moments in American sports history.