Gurdon, Arkansas
The Gurdon Light
A mysterious light floating in the trees of Arkansas may be a piezoelectric effect.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Gurdon, Arkansas
A mysterious light floating in the trees of Arkansas may be a piezoelectric effect.
Carthage, Arkansas
Local legend says that someone is buried in the trunk.
Bigelow, Arkansas
Town not known for anything except its strange name.
Dripping Springs, Texas
An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.
Tucson, Arizona
The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.
Green Valley, Arizona
America's only nuclear missile silo open to the public.
Sahuarita, Arizona
One of the largest open-pit copper mining operations in the entire country.
New York, New York
Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.
Atlanta, Georgia
The world's first time capsule lies behind a welded steel door in Atlanta.
Providence, Rhode Island
A simple Colonial home with a past haunted by death and madness.
Lakehurst, New Jersey
The site of one of history's most indelible and horrific tragedies.
Boston, Massachusetts
Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.
Wasilla, Alaska
Siberian husky that delivered a life-saving antitoxin.
Gakona, Alaska
An auroral research program that superheats the ionosphere.
Valdez, Alaska
Permanent exhibit reminds visitors of the Exxon Valdez.
Rugby, North Dakota
A monument to the center of the North American continent may be off by a few miles.
New York, New York
Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.
Cordele, Georgia
A real (but thankfully not live) missile stands tall as a monument to the United States military in the small town of Cordele.
Ware, England
Fantastically decorated underground chambers built in the 1760s.
Sparta, Wisconsin
Small-town museum dedicated to outer space ... and bicycles.
Boston, Massachusetts
This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.
East Haddam, Connecticut
The Connecticut village named for its subterranean thunder.
Santa Barbara, California
Acres of natural wonders left behind by a socialite-turned-gardener.
San Francisco, California
A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.