Queens, New York
Louis Armstrong House
The preserved house of a jazz legend still echoes with his music.
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Queens, New York
The preserved house of a jazz legend still echoes with his music.
Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Eccentric concrete mansion and museum designed and built by hand from the inside out.
Trenton, New Jersey
One of New Jersey's oldest surviving buildings still bears the mark of our former British overlords.
Washington, D.C.
Housing the National Women's Party since 1929, this historic house is now a monument to the fight for gender equality.
Morrisville, Pennsylvania
This colonial mansion has been home to a staggering number of American historic figures.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This tiny cottage surrounded by railroads is the oldest surviving structure in Fairmount Park.
Warsaw, Virginia
The Virginia home of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence is being preserved with a unique glass facade.
Calistoga, California
California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.
Calistoga, California
California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.
Savannah, Georgia
The "last unrestored grand mansion of Savannah" is now a cramped, mouldering maze of antiques.
Asheville, North Carolina
The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.
Nashville, Tennessee
The small cave that housed Tennessee's "first citizen."
St. Louis, Missouri
A late sculptor's last project was to turn this abandoned cement factory into a castle-themed amusement park.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
The largest known adobe office building, emulating in style and layout the forms of traditional adobe architecture common to the region.
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Abandoned blast furnaces are an enduring reminder of Scranton's once booming iron business.
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Grand architectural relics gain a new life in this Pennsylvania warehouse.
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Board a mine car and descend the #190 slope 300 feet underground into the Clark Vein of coal.
Scranton, Pennsylvania
The train collection of an eccentric New England seafood mogul is now a National Historical Site.
Las Vegas, Nevada
The oldest standing building in Las Vegas was established by Mormon settlers.
Fort Bridger, Wyoming
Named for a prominent scout and explorer, this Wyoming state park encompasses a replica of an 1840s trading post, a 19th-century Army outpost, and early 20th-century automobile lodgings.
Evanston, Wyoming
Evanston's historic railroad complex saved this rail town from reaching the "end of the line."
San Francisco, California
A brooding mansion of clinker brick stands out among the Victorian houses of Pacific Heights.
San Francisco, California
Built in 1906, this unique building was the first Hindu temple in the United States.
Collinsville, California
This cabin once belonged to one of California's original settlers.