Westborough, Massachusetts
Birthplace of Eli Whitney
The birthplace of the man who patented the cotton gin and pioneered interchangeable parts.
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Westborough, Massachusetts
The birthplace of the man who patented the cotton gin and pioneered interchangeable parts.
Milford, Massachusetts
This stone tower in a small town's graveyard looks as though it would be more at home in a fairy tale.
Upton, Massachusetts
This mysterious artificial cave has long puzzled New Englanders.
Kingston Springs, Tennessee
The first full-scale tunnel built in America is short but scenic.
Guthrie, Kentucky
The birthplace of the first author to win the Pulitzer Prize in fiction and poetry.
Huntington Station, New York
The famed poet was born in 1819 in a farmhouse built by his father.
Roxbury, New York
The Catskills retreat of naturalist writer John Burroughs.
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Herman Melville wrote 'Moby Dick' in this landmark 18th-century house surrounded by farmland.
Becket, Massachusetts
Locals purchased this abandoned quarry in order to make sure it continues to be overgrown.
Oakland, California
An abandoned car and strange wooden debris are among the scattered remains of the old sand and gravel quarry.
Virginia City, Nevada
Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.
Virginia City, Nevada
St. Mary in the Mountains is the oldest active Catholic church in Nevada
Silver City, Nevada
An abandoned cyanide mill is now a haunting magnet for graffiti and illegal parties.
Davie, Florida
A time capsule of life in Southern Florida in the 1930s.
Irondale, Missouri
Some of the oldest exposed rock formations in the United States.
Bonne Terre, Missouri
The world's largest man-made underground caverns offer unparalleled underwater wonders.
Park Hills, Missouri
Rusted and decayed, this former mining site is a portal to the past.
Ste. Genevieve, Missouri
Step inside one of America’s rare poteaux-en-terre French houses.
Fort Smith, Arkansas
A beautifully restored 19th-century house that’s possibly haunted.
Fort Smith, Arkansas
The only brothel on the National Register of Historic Places.
Spiro, Oklahoma
Where hills of dirt conceal the burial ground of one of the most powerful ancient Native American societies.
San Antonio, Texas
Ruins of a once-opulent grand Victorian resort.
Morrison, Colorado
This massive home was constructed by one of the greatest conservationists in Colorado history.
Cisco, Utah
Within the former ghost town of Cisco is a carefully restored tiny town with one resident and its own art residency.