St. Augustine, Florida
Dungeon Under the Stairs at the Oldest Wooden Schoolhouse
It's a pretty creepy lock-up.
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St. Augustine, Florida
It's a pretty creepy lock-up.
Palatka, Florida
Public works and national defense project meant to carve a canal all the way across the state of Florida.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.
Key West, Florida
The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.
Sequoia National Park, California
Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).
Johns Island, South Carolina
One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.
Austin, Texas
Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.
Natural Bridge, Virginia
A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.
Los Angeles, California
Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.
Carlsbad, New Mexico
The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."
Greece
The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.
Dowth, Ireland
The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.
Bryce, Utah
Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."
Ercolano, Italy
Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.
San Francisco, California
In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.
Amesbury, England
Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
Austin, Texas
This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.
Calipatria, California
A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.
Bombay Beach, California
Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.
Mecca, California
The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.
Mitchell, South Dakota
A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.
Key West, Florida
These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.