Boston, Massachusetts
Birthplace of the Telephone
A stone marker commemorating the first time sound was transmitted over wires.
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Boston, Massachusetts
A stone marker commemorating the first time sound was transmitted over wires.
Zavikon Island, Ontario
The purported world's shortest international bridge connects a homeowner in Canada to his backyard in New York.
Kayenta, Arizona
Hidden inside this Arizona fast food franchise is an in-depth exhibit on the famed WWII counterintelligence program.
Inglewood, California
A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.
Quincy, Massachusetts
This mill played a key role in the region’s development and it is just one of ten along the east coast of the United States.
St. George, Utah
Although it also features red, orange, and variegated cliffs of Navajo Sandstone, this state park is often overshadowed by its more famous neighbor.
Salt Lake City, Utah
A hidden garden of stones engraved with scriptures, a Joseph Smith Sphinx, all carved by one man.
Salt Lake City, Utah
The location along the shores of the Great Salt Lake of what was once called, "The Coney Island of the West", now sits barren due to arson and time.
Salt Lake City, Utah
A towering tribute to decisiveness stands on the spot where Brigham Young and his followers decided that this must be the place.
Wendover, Utah
A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.
Wendover, Utah
Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.
Baker, Nevada
A gothic palace of endless stalagmites and pseudoscorpions waits within one of the world's most beautiful caves.
Baker, Nevada
The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.
Orderville, Utah
Nature has shaped this drainage tunnel into the digestive tract of a mighty beast.
Brian Head, Utah
Erosion and various mineral deposits give this striking canyon its distinct color and soft appearance.
Marble Canyon, Arizona
Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.
Auburn, New York
The final resting place of Harriet Tubman and other famous historical figures.
Framingham, Massachusetts
A home built and settled by a refugee of the Salem Witch Trials.
Westborough, Massachusetts
The birthplace of the man who patented the cotton gin and pioneered interchangeable parts.
Springfield, Massachusetts
The final resting place of a wealthy landowner who helped create the largest public park in Western Massachusetts.
Springfield, Massachusetts
This 15-foot-tall sculpture stands vigil at the back entrance to the largest public park in western Massachusetts.
Winthrop, Massachusetts
The oldest continuously inhabited private home in the United States.
Boston, Massachusetts
Historic home of a Black veteran of the American Revolution and one of the earliest civil rights activists in the United States.
New York, New York
A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.