Atlantic City, New Jersey
Chicken Bone Beach
Once forgotten, this strip of sand was a rare beachside haven for Black Americans in Atlantic City.
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Atlantic City, New Jersey
Once forgotten, this strip of sand was a rare beachside haven for Black Americans in Atlantic City.
Detroit, Michigan
Inside the Wayne County airport is an amazing collection of lights and sounds.
Hershey, Pennsylvania
This extraordinary Depression-era expenditure was modeled after a postcard of a Mediterranean hotel.
Ashland, Pennsylvania
A eight-foot-tall statue resides in the heart of Pennsylvania anthracite coal country.
Ashland, Pennsylvania
An underground blaze turned this village into a ghost town.
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.
Lewes, Delaware
World War II-era bunkers are hidden under the beaches of this picturesque park, which is still scattered with wartime watchtowers.
Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania
The final resting place of the Hollywood star who came to a tragic end.
Allentown, Pennsylvania
A smaller model of the Da Vinci sculpture that took 500 years to come to life.
Port Clyde, Maine
Forrest Gump ran past this iconic Maine lighthouse in his cinematic cross-country journey.
Monhegan, Maine
This remote museum highlights the island’s impressive creative legacy.
Johnson City, New York
The Binghamton area is home to six of the last remaining hand-carved vintage carousels.
Binghamton, New York
A gazebo that inspired the fifth episode of the "Twilight Zone" still stands in the creator's hometown
Latrobe, Pennsylvania
The universally beloved children's television figure is interred on a high hilltop in one of western Pennsylvania's oldest cemeteries.
Monroeville, Pennsylvania
This little museum in the town where zombies were born celebrates the living dead.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
This icon of the Atomic Age now lays dormant.
Breezewood, Pennsylvania
An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.
New Castle, Pennsylvania
This public space is speckled with the eerie remnants of a defunct amusement park.
Campbell, Ohio
There is beauty and history in the ruins of this former company town.
Warren, Ohio
The oldest remaining authentic Putt-Putt course that Donald Clayton created in Ohio.
Warren, Ohio
This alley-cum-fan gallery in the ex-Nirvana drummer's hometown holds the world's largest drumsticks.
Warren, Ohio
The site of Neil Armstrong's first flight is marked by a full on replica of the moon landers.
Leavittsburg, Ohio
A grandiose title could not save this mercantile community from obscurity.