Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
John Brown's Fort
The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.
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Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
This impressive working clock made of 16,000 plants changes its flowers twice a year.
Niagara Falls, Ontario
Niagara Falls holds a special place in Nikola Tesla's history, so they put a statue on it.
Niagara Falls, Ontario
Soaring over the Niagara Whirlpool since 1916.
Knoxville, Maryland
This advertisement for talcum powder was painted on the rock face and has since defied removal.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.
Norfolk, Virginia
This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.
White Post, Virginia
Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.
Natural Bridge, Virginia
A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
This Yellowstone geyser may not shoot as high as the nearby Old Faithful, but it erupts for considerably longer.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.
Inyo County, California
Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.
California
The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.
Holbrook, Arizona
See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.
Winslow, Arizona
This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."
Hot Springs, South Dakota
This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.
Marietta, Georgia
This abstract roadside poultry was saved from demolition by outraged drivers and pilots.
Marietta, Georgia
The ruins of a paper mill destroyed during the Civil War still tower over a tributary of the Chattahoochee River.
Lookout Mountain, Georgia
A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Believed to be the birthplace of the United States Marine Corps.
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
One of the world's oldest continually operating bookstores.
Annapolis, Maryland
This statue honors the author's groundbreaking family story.