Hanover, Pennsylvania
Conewago Chapel
One of the oldest Catholic churches in the U.S., situated just east of Gettysburg.
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Hanover, Pennsylvania
One of the oldest Catholic churches in the U.S., situated just east of Gettysburg.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.
Baltimore, Maryland
This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.
Baltimore, Maryland
The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.
Baltimore, Maryland
The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.
St. Louis, Missouri
Speak to a companion on the other side of the room loud and clear through this architectural anomaly.
Chanhassen, Minnesota
Find out what it sounds like when doves cry at Prince's recording studio estate turned museum.
La Habra Heights, California
About 80% of all U.S. avocados are descendants of Rudolph Hass's glorious tree.
Garden Grove, California
Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.
Koloa, Hawaii
This blowhole is supposedly caused by a trapped monster.
Eleele, Hawaii
This industrial area was the dumping ground for massive amounts of trash, some of which washes up as tiny bits of sea glass.
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago's Navy Pier on Lake Michigan was a training hub for aircraft carrier pilots during WWII.
Indianapolis, Indiana
Once adorning a New York skyscraper, these reclaimed ruins now haunt an Indiana park.
Springfield, Illinois
Abraham Lincoln's likeness rests at the top of this giant totem pole.
East Cleveland, Ohio
This lovely university observatory continues to sit abandoned since its potential savior was sent to jail for fraud.
Keystone, South Dakota
Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.
Savannah, Georgia
An eerie smiling woman looms above the granite tombstones.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
A 19th-century Gothic, castle-like statehouse by the Mississippi River.
East St. Louis, Illinois
Man-made geyser that rises to the exact height of the Gateway Arch.
Maywood, Illinois
A plaque marks a former safe house on the secret route, now hidden next to a McDonald's.
Chicago, Illinois
The final resting place of up to 6,000 Confederate soldiers, the largest mass grave in the Western Hemisphere.
East Chicago, Indiana
This old steel industry company town has a tradition of parking cars on the sidewalk so people can walk in the narrow streets.
Cleveland, Ohio
This spectacular public market has got meat, fish, vegetables, baked goods, and enough kielbasa for a lifetime.
Geneva, Illinois
This cemetery is all that remains of a school for "wayward" girls.