Charleston, South Carolina
Old Slave Mart
South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.
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Charleston, South Carolina
South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.
Shiprock, New Mexico
Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.
Key West, Florida
These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.
New York, New York
This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.
New York, New York
Hear the tales of New York's most notorious criminals.
New York, New York
Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.
Alamosa, Colorado
When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
These faux-cliff dwellings allow visitors to climb around on a replica archaeological site.
Cañon City, Colorado
The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.
Fall River, Massachusetts
Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.
Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.
Asbury Park, New Jersey
Memorial to the 137 lives lost on a ship fire, the whole hulk of which washed up on the Asbury Park shore.
Asbury Park, New Jersey
A reservoir of vintage pinball machines and arcade games for the nostalgic and thrill seeking.
Asbury Park, New Jersey
Vacant Beaux-Arts buildings that serve as reminders of a beach town’s glory days.
Hamilton Township, New Jersey
A unique sculpture park that specializes in the huge and bizarre.
Baltimore, Maryland
A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
An Irish Memorial commemorating those who perished due to potato blight.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The last of Philadelphia's wood-paved streets is now a landmark of terrible engineering.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
Kutztown, Pennsylvania
In which a local geological marvel becomes a quaint roadside attraction.
Los Angeles, California
After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.