Key West, Florida
Key West Cemetery
The island residents are known for taking their quirky sense of humor with them to the grave.
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Key West, Florida
The island residents are known for taking their quirky sense of humor with them to the grave.
Summerland Key, Florida
Bat house that has only ever housed bat for one night; they all flew away and never came back.
Coral Gables, Florida
This historical swimming pool near Miami is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.
Jekyll Island, Georgia
Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.
Jekyll Island, Georgia
Georgia's first brewery is also one of its oldest surviving buildings.
Jekyll Island, Georgia
If all members were present at the table, a sixth of the world's wealth would be under the same roof.
Gainesville, Florida
This Florida sinkhole hides a rainforest-like micro-environment in its depths.
Tarpon Springs, Florida
This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."
Lake Wales, Florida
A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.
Lake Wales, Florida
Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.
Kissimmee, Florida
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, rocks and fossils from every U.S. state were collected into a pyramid of national unity.
Orlando, Florida
A vast array of tropical plants collected by a vacationing couple.
Reading, Pennsylvania
A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.
Shartlesville, Pennsylvania
An indoor miniature village and labor of love for Laurence Geiringer, a model railroad enthusiast.
Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania
A tradition unlike any other, this marks the site of the annual Groundhog's Day tradition.
Wheeling, West Virginia
This abandoned dream castle and its cemetery look out over the city that once inspired their creation.
Chester, West Virginia
First a root beer ad, then a golf course clubhouse, and finally a massive teapot.
Weirton, West Virginia
In an odd geographic anomaly this city borders two different states on opposite sides of town.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Color-coded signs direct drivers on a network of routes designed to avoid Pittsburgh traffic.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.
Salem, Massachusetts
The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.
Salem, Massachusetts
The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.
Quincy, Massachusetts
The homestead of American patriot John Adams.
Newton, Massachusetts
This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.