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The Tower of Voices contains 40 wind chimes.

Stoystown, Pennsylvania

Flight 93 National Memorial

Remember and reflect at this 9/11 memorial site.

The Youghiogheny River, which runs through Ohiopyle State Park, can be seen from several hiking spots.

Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania

Ohiopyle State Park

Chase waterfalls, hiking trails and more.

Cathedral Falls

Gauley Bridge, West Virginia

Cathedral Falls

The tallest waterfall in West Virginia.

Thurmond's Main Street. (LeahC/Atlas Obscura)

Thurmond, West Virginia

Thurmond, West Virginia

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

New River Gorge Bridge

Fayetteville, West Virginia

New River Gorge Bridge

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

Entrance to the crypt, accessed from inside the Saint-Willibrord Basillica.

Echternach, Luxembourg

The Crypt of Saint Willibrord

Below the altar in Saint-Willibrord Basilica rests the mortal remains of Luxembourg's patron saint.

A spot if tea to tide you over. 2 hour dirt road to see the racetrack.

Inyo County, California

Teakettle Junction

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

Wild Blueberry Land

Columbia Falls, Maine

Wild Blueberry Land

This colorful theme park dedicated the official fruit of Maine serves sweet, tasty treats.

Frontside of the house

Boston, Massachusetts

The Paul Revere House

The colonial home of Paul Revere during the American Revolution.

Thomas Hill Standpipe

Bangor, Maine

Thomas Hill Standpipe

This 1.5 million-gallon water tower inspired Stephen King while he was writing "It."

“You’ll Float TOO!!”

Bangor, Maine

The Sewer Drain from “IT”

This is the sewer drain that was the inspiration for the opening scene of Stephen King’s classic novel “IT”.

The house with a hedge around it

Bangor, Maine

Stephen King's Former House

The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.

The couch where Hannibal Hamlin died.

Bangor, Maine

Hannibal Hamlin Death Couch

Abraham Lincoln's vice president took his last breath here on July 4, 1891.

North to Freedom.

Brewer, Maine

Chamberlain Freedom Park

Maine’s only official memorial to the Underground Railroad.

Bangor Opera House.

Bangor, Maine

Bangor Opera House

This Art Deco theater is the last remaining opera house in the “little Broadway of the North.”

Paul Bunyan Statue, Bangor

Bangor, Maine

Paul Bunyan Statue

This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.

Mount Hope Cemetery

Bangor, Maine

Mount Hope Cemetery

The second-oldest garden cemetery in the U.S. was also a college brainstorm spot of Stephen King.

Rock with the devil's footprint imprinted in its surface

Manchester, Maine

Devil’s Footprint

A strange mark in the stone fence of a cemetery fabled to have been made by the Devil himself.

U.S.S. Cairo - Front/right.

Vicksburg, Mississippi

U.S.S. Cairo

This iron and wood Civil War city-ship was the first vessel to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo.

Douglas's marker in Cedar Hill Cemetery

Vicksburg, Mississippi

Grave of Douglas the Confederate Camel

The final resting place of the camel who served with the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

Cabo da Roca

Colares, Portugal

Cabo da Roca

One Portuguese poet described this cape, the westernmost point in mainland Europe, as "where the land ends and the sea begins."

Pena National Palace

Sintra, Portugal

Pena National Palace

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

The ramparts and towers were restored in the 1850s.

Sintra, Portugal

Castelo dos Mouros (Castle of the Moors)

An ancient and majestic fortress that played an integral role in Portugal's road to independence.

Rhinoceros of Belém Tower

Lisbon, Portugal

Rhinoceros of Belém Tower

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

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