Boston, Massachusetts
Boston's Old Burying Grounds
Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.
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Boston, Massachusetts
Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.
Berkeley, California
Travelers exchange letters with woodland creatures at this mini post office.
Taos, New Mexico
A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.
New Haven, Connecticut
Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.
Los Angeles, California
The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.
Inyo County, California
The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.
Friday Harbor, Washington
This family mausoleum is steeped in symbolism and looks more like a fantasy location than a grave.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.
Aspen, Colorado
Despite being one of the most photographed vistas in the Rockies these twin peaks are rightfully known as the "Deadly Bells."
Nye County, Nevada
A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.
Truckee, California
The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
The superstar of Cold War nuclear bunkers has been featured in countless films but is now barely operational.
Chipley, Florida
A giant 400-acre preserve in North Florida for displaced wolves.
Herriman, Utah
A replica that won't float away.
Baker, Nevada
The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.
Lancaster, California
Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.
Madrid, Iowa
A half-mile long and three stories high, this bridge over the Des Moines River Valley mimics a descent into a mine shaft.
Queens, New York
Nondescript elevator doors open to reveal a stunning, surreal world.
North Miami Beach, Florida
St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.
New York, New York
Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York’s only fraction of a street.
Washington, D.C.
A wondrous old library overlooking the nation's capital.
Los Angeles, California
A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.
New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.