Austin, Texas
Barton Springs
Home to an endangered salamander, a full moon celebration, and a large spring-fed outdoor swimming pool.
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Austin, Texas
Home to an endangered salamander, a full moon celebration, and a large spring-fed outdoor swimming pool.
Austin, Texas
Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.
Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
The world's longest known cave system.
Key West, Florida
"We Seceded Where Others Failed."
Islamorada, Florida
This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.
Key West, Florida
A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.
Key West, Florida
These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.
Salem, Massachusetts
A simple but powerful tribute to the 20 victims of the 1692 witch trials.
Salem, Massachusetts
Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."
Salem, Massachusetts
A collection of full-size movie monsters opened to the public.
Salem, Massachusetts
The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The body of St. John Neumann and his collection of hundreds of relics, on display in a Philly church.
Lake Harmony, Pennsylvania
A field of nothing but boulders which resembles a giant's gravel driveway.
New Hope, Pennsylvania
This stone tower marks a lookout point over the historic Washington Crossing, and maybe some buried treasure.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!
Reading, Pennsylvania
A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Yo, Adrian!
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
The remains of a community that was forced to move for a dam that never materialized still rot in this Pennsylvania park.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The only way to see Pittsburgh is from the top of this lookout point, just like the ancient members of the native peoples did.
Centralia, Pennsylvania
A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.
Kutztown, Pennsylvania
In which a local geological marvel becomes a quaint roadside attraction.
Upper Black Eddy, Pennsylvania
Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.
Aristes, Pennsylvania
A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.