Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
'We the Youth'
South Philadelphia is home to Keith Haring's only surviving in situ collaborative public mural.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
South Philadelphia is home to Keith Haring's only surviving in situ collaborative public mural.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A clone-tree in Washington Square Park sprung from seeds that went to the Moon and back.
Richmond, California
A 10,000-square-foot museum of operating model trains.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.
Lexington, Kentucky
The taxidermied body of a bear that was a casualty of a drug trafficker’s bizarre death.
Lexington, Kentucky
Outstanding collection of 19th century medical instruments includes a life-size figure cast from as many as 200 cadavers.
Hamburg, New Jersey
An approximately 500 million-year-old rock outcropping covered in fossilized bacteria.
Haddonfield, New Jersey
The first partially complete dinosaur skeleton was discovered here, forever changing the world's view of the ruling reptiles.
Trenton, New Jersey
This tiny structure was built by the creator of the Brooklyn Bridge.
Hamburg, New Jersey
Tucked behind New Jersey's abandoned Gingerbread Castle lie the eerie ruins of a once-flourishing paper mill.
Oakland, New Jersey
The remains of a century-old mansion that met a fiery demise years after it was deserted.
Jersey City, New Jersey
Hidden in plain sight on the Hudson River is an abandoned train station where nature has taken over.
Egg Harbor City, New Jersey
This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.
Wall Township, New Jersey
The first dish to bounce radio signals off the Moon, it was the forerunner to the U.S. Space Program.
Wall Township, New Jersey
A piece of telecommunications history.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America’s smallest national park site is the former residence of exiled Polish national hero Thaddeus Kosciuszko.
Las Vegas, Nevada
A new kind of theme park for adults off the Las Vegas Strip.
Boston, Massachusetts
Around 160 years ago, this spot marked the location of a wharf along the shores of the Charles River.
San Francisco, California
A library and museum dedicated to typography.
Oakland, California
Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.
Oakland, California
Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.
Berkeley, California
The only museum of sake in the United States is nestled in an unlikely California college town.
Richmond, California
A porcelain company's former dumping ground, completely covered in pieces of collectible ceramics.
Berkeley, California
Nose around a unique collection of more than 300 natural aromas used to craft fragrances.