New York, New York
Macy's Wooden Escalators
A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.
Places I've been
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New York, New York
A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.
Roswell, New Mexico
A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
This is one really big nut.
Carlsbad, New Mexico
The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."
Boston, Massachusetts
Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.
Kanab, Utah
Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."
Page, Arizona
A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.
Bryce, Utah
Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."
Ochopee, Florida
The smallest post office in the United States is no bigger than a broom closet.
Islamorada, Florida
This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.
Boston, Massachusetts
The oldest working bell set in North America, the bells at Old North Church sat silent for their first four years in Massachusetts.
Boston, Massachusetts
An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.
Sintra, Portugal
This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.
Lisbon, Portugal
A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.
Lisbon, Portugal
Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.
Woodstock, Vermont
A bygone village occupation lives on via this quaint public chalkboard.
Hartford, Connecticut
The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.
Vicksburg, Mississippi
This iron and wood Civil War city-ship was the first vessel to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo.
Sutton, Massachusetts
This evocatively named natural crevasse was created by a torrent of water that smashed right through a granite deposit.
Webster, Massachusetts
It's not a typo, now say it five times fast!
Windham, Connecticut
Public outcry led to this bridge's unique character which celebrates a giant frog battle and also sewing.
Winslow, Arizona
This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."
Boston, Massachusetts
The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.