Places Edited by shalimardebusk

Constrained by time and topography, this civil engineering landmark was constructed 100 feet above Starrucca Creek over the course of a single year.

Where Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird created their "heroes in a half shell" and founded Mirage Studios.

One of America's largest retail chains got its start in one of its most remote rural destinations.

In 1952, this restaurant began selling the Colonel's “secret” recipe.

The only geyser in the state of Pennsylvania is caused by pressure from an abandoned coal mine outside of the ghost town Centralia.

Coca Cola may be "the real thing" but its inventor, buried at this Georgia gravesite, called it a "valuable brain tonic."

A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.

This set of rickety spaceships are prepared to give alien travelers a place to relax and go to the bathroom.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.