Kissimmee, Florida
Monument of States
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, rocks and fossils from every U.S. state were collected into a pyramid of national unity.
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Kissimmee, Florida
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, rocks and fossils from every U.S. state were collected into a pyramid of national unity.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Exeter, Rhode Island
The final resting place of New England's last "vampire."
Blackfoot, Idaho
This museum glorifies the humble potato.
Bridgeport, Connecticut
The once abandoned ruins of a Victorian beachside amusement park are now back in working order.
Charlotte, North Carolina
These strange large stones served as a campsite and lookout post for generations of Native Americans.
Bisbee, Arizona
A living snapshot of a different time in America is preserved and maintained by a community of volunteers.
Wapakoneta, Ohio
A gregarious Ohio resident has been building his whimsical temple to peace for decades.
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
A rusted metal giant pays tribute to Birmingham’s industrial past.
Sodus, New York
A deteriorating 1990s Girl Scout camp in a beautiful lush park on Lake Ontario.
Lima, Ohio
This burger joint is named after everyone's favorite carnival prize and is adorned with a giant one over the door.
Balmorhea, Texas
A spring-fed pool so deep it's used for scuba diving as well as swimming.
Blackville, South Carolina
This natural spring not only claims to heal the wounded but it has also been willed to God.
Burnet, Texas
This underwater old Texas hill town only resurfaces during harsh drought.
Dripping Springs, Texas
An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.
Round Mountain, Texas
This beautiful grotto is one of those places where you can't believe you're just outside Austin.
Marble Falls Township, Texas
Civil War dumping ground for the bodies of terrorized Union sympathizers.
Cleveland, Ohio
The ruins of the suspension bridge hang over Kingsbury Run as a ghost of racial prejudice.
St. Johnsbury, Vermont
A New England curiosity cabinet, one hundred years on.
Seaside, Oregon
Where Nor'easters go to die.
Bayard, Nebraska
This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.
Kecksburg, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania's own Roswell-style UFO mystery.
Dayton, Nevada
The smallest country in the world.
Manchester, New Hampshire
One New Hampshire alleyway has become home to a public gallery of feline art.