Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
Titanic Museum Attraction
A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.
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Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.
Cherokee, North Carolina
Some North Carolina Cherokee have been keeping their history alive for decades with a single play.
New York, New York
A former insane asylum despised by Nelly Bly and Charles Dickens is now fashionable apartments.
New York, New York
A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.
New York, New York
The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.
New York, New York
A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.
New York, New York
One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.
Simpson Bay, Sint Maarten
Commercial airplanes land mere feet over the heads of sunbathing beachgoers on this tiny island.
Homosassa, Florida
Meet manatees face-to-face at this zoo for native species.
North Charleston, South Carolina
This recently rediscovered Civil War-era submarine was the first to ever sink an enemy ship.
St. Marys, Georgia
Ruins of a Carnegie family mansion on Cumberland Island.
Louisville, Kentucky
The grave of the iconic Kentucky Fried Chicken mascot features a bust of the man behind the goatee.
Versailles, Kentucky
This modern castle sat empty for decades before a fire inspired its builders to complete its luxury halls.
White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.
Chicago, Illinois
A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.
New York, New York
An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.
New York, New York
The most confusing clock in New York.
New York, New York
A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic’s missed arrival.
Williamsburg, Kentucky
Moonbows over Kentucky.
Sweetwater, Tennessee
Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.
New York, New York
Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.
Brooklyn, New York
Ride the subways of yesteryear.
New York, New York
Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.
New York, New York
A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.