Boothbay Harbor, Maine
The Sarah Mead
The last sailing lobster boat in Maine is also likely New England's first zero-emissions commercial vessel.
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Boothbay Harbor, Maine
The last sailing lobster boat in Maine is also likely New England's first zero-emissions commercial vessel.
Cashiers, North Carolina
This 5-by-6-foot wooden hut is the smallest historic post office in the U.S.
Pisgah Forest, North Carolina
Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?
Brevard, North Carolina
This Transylvania County city is home to a rare white squirrel population that is descended from an escaped carnival animal.
Sylva, North Carolina
The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie 'The Fugitive' can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.
Cherokee, North Carolina
Cherokee alphabet, proof of ancient North American Jews, or just a hoax?
Bryson City, North Carolina
This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Over 20,000 sets of spice shakers reveal the surprisingly telling history of our most basic spices.
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.
Bryson City, North Carolina
This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.
Rock Hill, South Carolina
The ruins of this once-grand mansion are linked to one of the country’s most popular clothing brands.
Sydney, Australia
A former drinking water storage reservoir transformed into a sunken garden.
Framingham, Massachusetts
A historic bridge no one is allowed to cross.
Alpharetta, Georgia
A man's home is his castle.
St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands
Dine on ceviche tacos in the sea at this floating restaurant only accessible by boat.
Lancaster, South Carolina
A nearly century-old amusement park is quietly decaying in a riverside forest in South Carolina.
Lando, South Carolina
An ornate abandoned schoolhouse hidden in the woods near a decaying mill town.
Charlotte, North Carolina
This scented city oasis was a labor of love.
Millbrook, Alabama
The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.
Yonkers, New York
A beautiful, historic location open to the public.
Tarrytown, New York
One of the earliest bowling lanes in the U.S. doubled as a sewing school during a time when women had little job opportunity.
Dobbs Ferry, New York
This dilapidated castle-like structure overlooks the Hudson River at one of its widest points and was once home to nuns.
Ramla, Israel
You can row a boat through this ancient underground reservoir.
Wrocław, Poland
This oddly beautiful water cistern is a techno-temple to the wet stuff and a multimedia masterpiece.