Contoocook, New Hampshire
Contoocook Railroad Covered Bridge
The oldest covered railroad bridge still standing in the United States.
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Contoocook, New Hampshire
The oldest covered railroad bridge still standing in the United States.
Jersey City, New Jersey
This unassuming retro burger joint was billed as “diner of the future” at the 1939 World's Fair.
Woodstock, New York
A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.
New York, New York
Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.
Boston, Massachusetts
The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.
Brooklyn, New York
This neo-Gothic former auto showroom is one of the few remaining reminders of Brooklyn's "Automobile Row."
New York, New York
A prized globe signed by Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh sits in the Brooklyn office of the American Geographical Society.
New York, New York
The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
This permanent exhibition celebrates the finest of our heartless automatons both real and fictional.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The legacy of baseball great Roberto Clemente is preserved in a retired Pittsburgh fire station.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
A portion of the old Pirates stadium over which a defining home run once flew still stands even after the rest of the stadium was torn down.
Green Valley, Arizona
After a short-lived attempt to bring America in line with the rest of the world, this road was left in metric.
East Hampton, New York
This private island is still in the family after a 400-year history including a witch hunt, a pirate, and multiple wars.
Boston, Massachusetts
This upscale streetwear store is hidden behind a fake Snapple machine in the back of a deli.
Palmyra, New York
Golden plates containing what would become the Book of Mormon were believed to be buried on this New York hillside.
Anstruther, Scotland
Bronze plates placed around this Scottish fishing village form a true-scale model of the solar system.
New York, New York
Little Red Lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge.
New York, New York
The only remaining building in New York to see the inauguration of a president is being slowly overtaken by a grocery store.
Vulcan, Alberta
Live long and prosper in Vulcan, Alberta.