San Francisco, California
Stern of the Niantic
The only visible piece of San Francisco's most famous shipwreck.
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San Francisco, California
The only visible piece of San Francisco's most famous shipwreck.
Depoe Bay, Oregon
The first North American landing spot for James Cook on his third voyage of discovery in the Pacific.
Atlanta, Georgia
The Battle of Atlanta in 360 degrees, featuring a corpse that bears a striking resemblance to Clark Gable.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The residents of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe live without much fanfare within the Pittsburgh Children's Museum.
Port Royal, Virginia
The Virginia farm where John Wilkes Booth met his grisly end is now largely forgotten.
San Diego, California
This San Diego museum is dedicated to preserving women’s historic achievements.
Bangor, Maine
This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.
Seattle, Washington
This Seattle store is packed with all sorts of curious creatures and creations.
Charlotte, North Carolina
These strange large stones served as a campsite and lookout post for generations of Native Americans.
Ogden, Utah
Jurassic Park—A Still Life.
Boston, Massachusetts
On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.
Carpinteria, California
Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.
New York, New York
This Dutch Colonial home is the oldest remaining farmhouse in Manhattan.
El Segundo, California
Made famous by cable TV, this oddball collection of antiques and collectibles is a cut above the rest.
New Bedford, Massachusetts
For 20 years, this whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the museum where it hangs.
Los Angeles, California
There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.
New York, New York
The highest point on the island known for buildings that touch the sky.
Gladbrook, Iowa
A single artist is behind these large-scale models made of hundreds of thousands of two-inch wooden matchsticks.
Tampa, Florida
Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.
Camden, Tennessee
An engraved boulder marks the spot where Patsy Cline's life ended in a plane crash.
Seattle, Washington
This grand old 80-foot sequoia towers above the buildings in the city’s retail center.
Lebanon, Kansas
Small plaque marks the spot, but the true center is located about half a mile away on a private pig farm.
Gibsland, Louisiana
The Louisiana sandwich shop that served Bonnie and Clyde's last meal is a museum that chronicles the criminal couple and honors the Bienville Parish lawmen who stopped their crime spree in an ambush.
Boston, Massachusetts
A mysterious stone embedded at the base of a historic Boston building.