South Hero, Vermont
Birdhouse Forest
Driftwood dinosaurs lurk within trees covered in a rainbow array of avian abodes.
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South Hero, Vermont
Driftwood dinosaurs lurk within trees covered in a rainbow array of avian abodes.
Washington, D.C.
A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.
Burlington, Vermont
Stand at the center of this lakefront sundial, and you'll become part of the timepiece.
New York, New York
Once thought to be the fabled Holy Grail, it is now known to be an oil lamp.
Newbury, Massachusetts
This picturesque abandoned home is rumored to be a spite house.
Shelburne, Vermont
A giant toy jack made of numerous welded-together fire hydrants.
New York, New York
The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.
Washington, D.C.
A muscular Art Deco monument represents the struggle between regulators and unbridled markets.
Washington, D.C.
Go take a picture with the inventor of the daguerreotype photographic process.
Fort Washington, Maryland
This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.
Newport, Rhode Island
The second oldest Jewish graveyard in the U.S. is tiny, with connections to George Washington and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Washington, D.C.
There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.
Washington, D.C.
A much-maligned monument to teetotalism.
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.
Waterbury, Vermont
The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.
Troy, New York
The original Uncle Sam was actually a New York meatpacker who is buried under this historic grave.
Richmond, Vermont
This rare polygonal meeting house is rumored to be built in a circle so that the devil has nowhere to hide.
Laconia, New Hampshire
The largest arcade museum in the world chronicles the golden age of video games which ended promptly in 1987.
Baltimore, Maryland
The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.
Newport, Rhode Island
Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.
Shelburne, Vermont
A massive sustainable farm designed by the mastermind behind Central Park.
East Providence, Rhode Island
An ancient cemetery with some historic bodies underfoot.
New York, New York
An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.