East Haddam, Connecticut
Moodus Noises
The Connecticut village named for its subterranean thunder.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Worcester, Massachusetts
Burnside Fountain - Turtle Boy
The Burnside Fountain and its questionable interpretation.
Danbury, Connecticut
Danbury Railway Museum
This historic railway museum may have lost its passengers but not its love for trains.
Washington, D.C.
NASA Full Scale Wind Tunnel Propeller
While most wind tunnels test scale models, the "Cave of Winds" was large enough for actual airplanes.
Hartford, Connecticut
Site of the First Public Pay Phone
An easy-to-miss plaque marks the building that first held this 19th-century telephone innovation.
Marietta, Georgia
St. James Episcopal Cemetery
An elegant Georgian cemetery best known for the grave of the little girl whose murder on Christmas Day remains unsolved.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Civil War Tails at the Homestead Diorama Museum
A diorama of the Civil War, fought by cats.
Worcester, Massachusetts
Deed Rock
This boulder with a 200-word legal dedication to God has remained hidden in the woods for over 150 years.
Natchez, Mississippi
Longwood
A grandiose octagonal home crowned by a large dome stands out among the antebellum mansions.
Providence, Rhode Island
Roger Williams Root
The vaguely man-shaped root that ate the body of the founder of Rhode Island.
Detroit, Michigan
Giant Boxing Arm of Joe Louis
Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.
Fruita, Colorado
'Mike the Headless Chicken' Sculpture
It would be easy to walk past this unusual piece of art and have no idea it pays tribute to the odd life of a real chicken.
Washington, D.C.
Civil War Nurses Memorial
A bas relief commemorates the "Nuns of the Battlefield" who cared for soldiers on both sides of the conflict.
Concord, Massachusetts
Paul Revere Lantern
One of two lighted lanterns hung in the church belfry on the eve of the Revolutionary War to warn that the British were on their way.
Brooklyn, New York
Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims
The Underground Railroad passed right through this historic Brooklyn Heights church.
Old Saybrook, Connecticut
Old Bishop House
House used in the 1971 horror film "Let's Scare Jessica to Death."
Carrabelle, Florida
World's Smallest Police Station
This phone booth-sized municipal building has been a piece of police property for more than half a century.
Morro Bay, California
Morro Rock
A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.
Cumberland, Maryland
George Washington's Headquarters
This one-room cabin where the young colonel slept during the French and Indian War.
Washington, D.C.
The K-9 of the Korean War Veterans Memorial
Those with a sharp eye can find the hidden image of a German Shepherd on the memorial's Mural Wall.
Ponchatoula, Louisiana
Manchac Swamp Bridge
One of the longest water bridges in the world was built over a supposedly haunted swamp in Louisiana.
Warren, New Hampshire
Redstone Missile
Maybe the only missile installed in a public park, this Cold War leftover was one of the first to carry a nuclear warhead.
Boston, Massachusetts
Site of the Boston Tax Riot
One of the indelible moments of the American Revolution took place at this location.
Groton, Connecticut
Submarine Force Museum
The US Navy's only submarine museum is also home to the world's first nuclear submarine.
