Providence, Rhode Island
Roger Williams Root
The vaguely man-shaped root that ate the body of the founder of Rhode Island.
Places I've been
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Providence, Rhode Island
The vaguely man-shaped root that ate the body of the founder of Rhode Island.
Fayetteville, West Virginia
One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.
Nags Head, North Carolina
This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.
Corolla, North Carolina
Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.
Frisco, North Carolina
The only known Futuro house in North Carolina sits along a stretch of desolate highway on the Outer Banks. .
Hatteras, North Carolina
The time thousands of bags of chips washed ashore in the Outer Banks is memorialized in a local museum.
Ocracoke, North Carolina
The North Carolina grounds are leased in perpetuity to the British Commonwealth for as long as the WWII sailors are buried there.
Ocracoke, North Carolina
A forgotten sea village stands silent after hurricanes deemed it obsolete.
Beaufort, North Carolina
Burial site more than 300 years old.
Beaufort, North Carolina
A maritime museum holding the remains of Blackbeard's pirate ship.
Seney, Michigan
"The Most Boring Road in the State."
Gladstone, Michigan
World's largest pet casket company brings in up to $5 million per year in revenue.
Mackinac County, Michigan
The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.
Fort Benton, Montana
A small Montana town commemorates the dog who waited at the train station every day for his owner to return.
Worden, Montana
The last physical evidence of the Lewis and Clark trail is one of their autographs etched into this giant rock.
West Glacier, Montana
The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.
Three Forks, Montana
For thousands of years, Native American hunters drove buffalo straight off this cliff in Montana's Yellowstone Country.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Thurmont, Maryland
A pre-Industrial Age iron furnace and the site of a nearly-forgotten piece of Black history.
McLean, Virginia
The semi-reclaimed ruins of this canal were once part of an ambitious plan to reroute the mighty potomac.
Arlington, Virginia
The controversial urban planner who designed Washington, D.C., was buried in Maryland, and can presently be found in Virginia.
Arlington, Virginia
Soldiers were buried next to Lee's house in the center of Arlington Cemetery to dissuade the general from reclaiming his property after the war.
Arlington, Virginia
At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.
Arlington, Virginia
The rogue roots are gradually consuming some of the historic marble grave markers.