Charlestown, Rhode Island
The Fantastic Umbrella Factory
250-year-old farm now features sculptures, a petting zoo and a hippy-bazaar.
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Charlestown, Rhode Island
250-year-old farm now features sculptures, a petting zoo and a hippy-bazaar.
Stonington, Connecticut
How did the right arm of a 13th-century English bishop wind up in a Connecticut church?
Hartford, Connecticut
The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.
Ogdensburg, New Jersey
Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.
Edison, New Jersey
A giant light 13 feet high shines near Thomas Edison's old Menlo Park lab.
Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey
A cemetery that holds graves for the forgotten children of a burned orphanage.
Edison, New Jersey
In a New Jersey cemetery, the final resting place of two brothers who fell victim to a deadly mushroom.
Hamilton Township, New Jersey
These 20-foot sculptures will help guide you from the local train station to the local sculpture garden.
West Windsor Township, New Jersey
A bronze monument to the infamous radio broadcast in the real New Jersey town where the fictional Martians crash-landed.
Trenton, New Jersey
This tiny structure was built by the creator of the Brooklyn Bridge.
Lincoln, New Hampshire
A gas station and a state sign commemorating the most famous claims of extraterrestrial abduction.
Bartlett, New Hampshire
This cabin survived a landslide that killed its owners.
Hart's Location, New Hampshire
Rock face that shares a name with Mary Shelley's famous doctor.
Warren, New Hampshire
Maybe the only missile installed in a public park, this Cold War leftover was one of the first to carry a nuclear warhead.
Lincoln, New Hampshire
Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.
Salcoatitán, El Salvador
A legendary tree towers within its own vibrant sanctuary.
El Salvador
A Mayan village preserved for centuries in volcanic ash.
Littleton, New Hampshire
A town wears its heart on the sleeve of a smiling girl, arms flung wide open in a cheerful greeting for all who encounter her.
Reading, Pennsylvania
A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.
Wilmington, Delaware
This 17th-century place of worship still celebrates holidays in the traditional Swedish fashion.
Wilmington, Delaware
One of the oldest surviving Swedish-American homes in the United States.
Wilmington, Delaware
This weeping, 10-foot-tall sculpture was a maquette for a 9/11 memorial.
Wilmington, Delaware
A drab two-story office space in Delaware is a hidden tax haven for Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, and over half the Fortune 500 companies.
Trenton, New Jersey
This Delaware River bridge is emblazoned with a catty slogan from a more prosperous time.