Sunderland, Massachusetts
The Buttonball Tree
This giant Massachusetts sycamore is said to hold the dubious distinction of being the "widest tree East of the Mississippi!"
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Sunderland, Massachusetts
This giant Massachusetts sycamore is said to hold the dubious distinction of being the "widest tree East of the Mississippi!"
North Adams, Massachusetts
The railroad tunnel nicknamed the "Bloody Pit" for taking the lives of hundreds during its construction.
Florida, Massachusetts
Time has expired for eternity at this gravesite with a sense of humor.
Great Barrington, Massachusetts
Dedicated in 1895, this is the world's first tribute to the hardworking newspaper delivery boy.
Stockbridge, Massachusetts
A rich collection honors the iconic American artist, down to the jacket worn in his “Freedom of Speech” painting.
Brattleboro, Vermont
Designed as a place for patients to take in the scenery, this tower has a dark history.
Mount Washington, Massachusetts
One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.
Stockbridge, Massachusetts
You can get anything you want at the former site of the restaurant immortalized by Arlo Guthrie.
Northampton, Massachusetts
A rock and sand industrial site returns to its natural habitat.
Greenfield, Massachusetts
Money may not grow on trees, but it can be dispensed by one.
Homestead, Florida
Found: Garden of Eden in Miami-Dade County, Florida.
St. Augustine, Florida
Only through the lens of a microscope can visitors see the true treasures inside this museum.
St. Augustine, Florida
The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.
Chester, Massachusetts
The first keystone arch railroad bridges constructed in America.
Ormond Beach, Florida
The ruins of a once-thriving sugarcane plantation that was burned in the Second Seminole War.
Fairmont City, Illinois
Fresh wooden posts have been added to ancient holes to recreate a primitive henge clock.
Collinsville, Illinois
Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.
Camdenton, Missouri
European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.
Sumner, Missouri
This 40-foot fowl marks the so-called "wild goose capital of the world."
Niagara Falls, New York
One of many reminders of Tesla's scientific contributions overlooks the falls which inspired him.
Liberty, Missouri
The site of the first daylight, peacetime bank robbery by the James gang.
Iceland
Walk in the footsteps of the gods and straddle two tectonic plates.
Grindavík, Iceland
Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant
Kirkjubæjarklaustur, Iceland
What was once believed to be a church floor turned out to be the artwork of geology.