St. Augustine, Florida
Fort Matanzas National Monument
An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.
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St. Augustine, Florida
An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.
San Antonio, Texas
A National Historic Landmark with a scenic clock tower and park filled with deer and peacocks, plus a military museum.
Portland, Oregon
10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.
Sylva, North Carolina
This vast kitty-themed collection illustrates the history of human-cat interaction.
Savannah, Georgia
The "last unrestored grand mansion of Savannah" is now a cramped, mouldering maze of antiques.
Meagher, Montana
Mining town from the late 1890s, once home to Calamity Jane.
Homosassa, Florida
Meet manatees face-to-face at this zoo for native species.
Durham, North Carolina
This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.
New York, New York
A former insane asylum despised by Nelly Bly and Charles Dickens is now fashionable apartments.
Naples, Florida
A hidden beach at the end of a tunnel of mangrove trees.
Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska
The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.
New York, New York
The name of this tiny pocket park tucked between two buildings on Manhattan's Upper West Side is Latin for its location: "seventy-one."
Austin, Texas
Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.
Portland, Oregon
Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.
Silver Spring, Maryland
A girls' boarding school inspired by the Chicago World's Fair, once abandoned, now restored to strange and scenic glory.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
This tiny, painted door at the base of a tree stump has been a fixture of the Harvard University campus for decades.
Portland, Oregon
Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."
Atlanta, Georgia
The largest cemetery in the American Southeast is a hidden gem near the heart of Atlanta.
Queens, New York
A hyper-luxurious, 12,000- square foot home might be buried beneath Queens, still waiting to protect you from nuclear missiles.
Washington, D.C.
This leafy estate is worth $18 million and is so grand it has two mailing addresses.
Cherry Log, Georgia
An impressive collection is dedicated to the legendary beast.
Lynn, Massachusetts
A cave dug by a man directed by ghosts to find pirate treasure.
Winslow, Arizona
This Route 66 classic sports a giant fiberglass rabbit that you can ride.
Boston, Massachusetts
This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.