Marietta, Ohio
Cawley & Peoples Mortuary Museum
What started as a display of antique hearses has grown into a museum exploring the history of the funeral industry.
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Marietta, Ohio
What started as a display of antique hearses has grown into a museum exploring the history of the funeral industry.
Oakland, California
A massive ultra-modern church presents a science-fiction view of Catholicism's inclusive future.
Hickory Corners, Michigan
Home to over 300 antique cars and motorcycles, including Thomas Edison's Model A.
Fergus Falls, Minnesota
This sprawling building built in 1890 was one of Minnesota’s earliest and largest mental health facilities.
Buffalo, New York
The seat of Buffalo government is a gorgeous Art Deco palace.
St. Joseph, Minnesota
A jaw-dropping brutalist space church seems to have crash-landed in the middle of America.
Jamestown, Rhode Island
Eco-friendly island mansion.
Savannah, Georgia
A historic canal winds through a unique, swampy landscape.
Princeton, Massachusetts
The haunting history of a little girl lost.
San Antonio, Texas
A priceless work of art created by the saint's own blood sister hangs in a San Antonio basilica.
Fallon, Nevada
A tree bears footwear on the loneliest road in America.
Brooklyn, New York
A heartbreaking monument showing the last morning in the life of Jane Griffith.
Brooklyn, New York
This preserved wilderness hides the remains of a colonial grain mill used to feed George Washington's troops.
Guthrie, Oklahoma
One of the largest Masonic temples in the world, created at the height of the oil boom in ostentatious style.
Murrells Inlet, South Carolina
Take a stroll through this centuries-old tunnel of enormous moss-hung evergreens, nestled among the grounds of America’s first public sculpture garden.
Syracuse, New York
This Art Deco fortress in upstate New York gives Manhattan's vaunted examples of the style a run for their money.
Joy, Missouri
Around 50 million gallons of water flow from this spring every day.
Charleston, South Carolina
Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.
Independence, Missouri
This mansion was made famous by its colorful cast of owners and location along the Sante Fe Trail.
Cora, Wyoming
The easiest way to the highest point in Wyoming is only accessible via one hefty fee.
Alexandria, Virginia
Once forgotten and built over, this historic Black cemetery now houses a poignant memorial.
Boston, Massachusetts
This historic Boston building has gone from personal estate to porn theater and back again.
Boulder City, Nevada
An old railroad grade built for the construction of Hoover Dam is now a recreational trail featuring several tunnels and sweeping views of Lake Mead.
Provincetown, Massachusetts
A 19th-century smallpox cemetery is being reclaimed by scrub forest and sand dunes.