Places Edited by renkessler

Seven ceramic sculptures are scattered around this California college campus.

The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.

Jail from the 19th century that was built by inmates.

Tribute to the famous Notre Dame football coach who died in a plane crash.

A cannon designed to fire an atomic warhead.

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.

Once home to seven different roller coasters, Glen Echo has undergone many transformations since its founding in 1891.

This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

Famous church recognized for both its unique design and disciplined monks that live according to the Benedictine discipline.

An unoccupied lighthouse encased in layers of ice from the waters of Lake Erie.

Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage.

The largest historic preservation organization in the United States.

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.

Giant statue of a disembodied head.

Standing guard on top of an old, vacant ice cream shop.

Twenty-year effort to raise a castle using tools and techniques from the 13th century is now abandoned in the Arkansas woods.

The oldest working bell set in North America, the bells at Old North Church sat silent for their first four years in Massachusetts.

Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

This haunted hotel built on natural springs once served as a hospital for a quack doctor promising a cure for cancer.

Memorial to one of the most fatal fires in both circus and U.S. history.