Boston, Massachusetts
Site of the Boston Massacre
The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.
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Boston, Massachusetts
The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.
Kansas City, Missouri
The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.
Monterey, California
Fake rail crossings mark the site of an influential doctor's demise.
Yosemite National Park, California
Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.
Castroville, California
It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."
Pacific Grove, California
Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."
Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
One poet's handmade, anachronistic home.
Salem, Massachusetts
The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.
Key West, Florida
The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.
Hull, Massachusetts
Civil War Fort on an island in the Boston Harbor.
Boston, Massachusetts
The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.
Big Pine Key, Florida
Island ghost town detailing Flagler's folly in building the Overseas Railroad.
Gloucester, Massachusetts
An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.
Pacific Grove, California
Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.
Del Monte Forest, California
Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.
Boston, Massachusetts
The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.
Boston, Massachusetts
Stolen goods adorn the organ at Old North Church.
Boston, Massachusetts
The infamous Boston Mob ran rackets from an office here in the 1970s.
Hingham, Massachusetts
Oldest church in the United States that is still in continuous use.
Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts
Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.
Summerland Key, Florida
Bat house that has only ever housed bat for one night; they all flew away and never came back.
Newport, Rhode Island
A 60-room castle constructed by a horse-racing heir.
Key West, Florida
A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.
Boston, Massachusetts
A centuries-old church stands as a testament to Boston's "father of architecture."