Middletown, Maryland
The (First) Washington Monument
Built by the patriotic residents of Boonsboro in a single day.
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Middletown, Maryland
Built by the patriotic residents of Boonsboro in a single day.
Cape May, New Jersey
Several times a year, during low tide, two pairs of historic train tracks are revealed on this New Jersey beach.
Washington, D.C.
A cavernous three-story, 43,800-square-foot basement that was forgotten about for 60 years.
Washington, D.C.
A tiny monument to the unsuccessful attempt by Thomas Jefferson to place the prime meridian in Washington.
Kissimmee, Florida
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, rocks and fossils from every U.S. state were collected into a pyramid of national unity.
Kansas City, Missouri
Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.
Washington, D.C.
This sandwich shop has a century-old elevator behind a sheet of plexiglass.
Washington, D.C.
100 years later, they're still down there.
Baltimore, Maryland
This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.
Saugerties, New York
One man's swirling six-acre monument of stone.
Poznań, Poland
These mechanical goats first battled it out in the year 1551, all because of an overcooked deer.
Åtvidaberg, Sweden
In the town of Åtvidaberg, the midday sun sets off a loud cannon boom.
Grímsey, Iceland
The Arctic Circle runs through this isolated spot north of Iceland.
Flåm, Norway
One of the most breathtaking railways in Europe also takes one of the steepest climbs, from fjord to mountain plateau.
Titusville, Pennsylvania
Where the oil industry began.
Erie, Pennsylvania
A living maritime paradox still floats in the same lake where it was built and resurrected... or was it?
Waterford, Pennsylvania
The only statue of its kind to commemorate Washington's beginnings as an officer of the British Colonial Militia.
Baltimore, Maryland
Walk through the history of American pop culture.
Portland, Oregon
Gigantic private toy museum featuring among finest collections of antique mechanical banks in existence.
Rochester, New York
A collection of the best toys ever made inside a museum devoted to play.
Billund, Denmark
The original home of the Lego has a huge amusement park dedicated to the iconic plastic toy.
Austin, Texas
A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.
Denver, Colorado
This modern antique shop is a museum for 1980's Saturday morning cartoon culture.
Mattoon, Illinois
The multinational Burger King chain is banned from operating within 20 miles of a family restaurant filed under the same name.