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Holmdel, New Jersey

Bell Labs Holmdel Complex

The real-life ‘Severance’ office building.
Crawfordsville, Indiana

Carnegie Museum of Montgomery County

Local history on display in Indiana's first Carnegie Library.
Beckwourth, California

Clover Valley Lumber Company Railroad

One of the last "timber railroads" in the United States was finally abandoned in 1957.
Ocean View, Delaware

Cecile Steele's Chicken House

The mistake that launched the commercial broiler chicken industry is immortalized in the town where it took place.
Hawaiian Beaches, Hawaii

Cape Kumukahi

The easternmost point of Hawai'i plays a prominent role in local legends and is home to a lighthouse that survived a lava flow.
Concord, Massachusetts

Concord’s Colonial Inn

This historic hotel was once home to Henry David Thoreau and rumored to be haunted by ghosts of fallen soldiers from the American Revolution.
Springfield, Missouri

Call NOW! Art Installation

A phone booth that combines public art and climate change awareness.
Ithaca, New York

Carl Sagan's Grave

It's common to find the famous science communicator's grave adorned with pale blue marbles.
Macomb, Illinois

Birthplace of Monopoly

Over 120 years ago, the original boardgame that inspired Monopoly was invented in this small Illinois town.
Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Coney Island Cafe

This down-home diner has been serving up comfort foods for over 100 years.
Horton, Kansas

'Four Horsemen of the Lines' Monument

A plaque recognizes "unquestionably the most widely published photograph in rural electrification history."
Ferndale, California

Champion Cow Graves

Pay your respects to three butterfat queens.
Franklin, Massachusetts

Birthplace of Horace Mann

A stone marker dedicated to the “Father of American Education.”
Washington, D.C.

Cutts-Madison House

After James Madison's death, his wife and former First Lady Dolley Madison lived in this yellow building near the White House.
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Birthplace of Sports Illustrated Monument

The story of the country’s most famous sports magazine began at a historic Myrtle Beach golf club.
Hiko, Nevada

Crescent Mill

A remarkably well-preserved brick chimney from a smelter dating to the 1860s is all that remains of this former mill.
Athens, Georgia

Carter-Coile Country Doctors Museum

This tiny museum honors the rural country doctor experience.
Paradise Valley, Arizona

Cosanti

A disciple of Frank Lloyd Wright built an experimental, partially underground home in the desert.
Alexandria, Virginia

Cloud's Mill Race

This millstone-topped marker details the history of a mill that served as a landmark for both Union and Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War.
Littlefield, Arizona

Cedar Pocket Sinkhole

An improbable sinkhole in the sediments flanking the Beaver Dam Mountains.
Pensacola, Florida

Chappie James Museum

A small museum celebrating the life of the first Black four-star general in Air Force history.
Starkville, Mississippi

Chapel of Memories

Constructed from bricks salvaged from a former dormitory destroyed in a fire.
Bridgeport, California

Chemung Mine

An abandoned early 20th-century gold mine in a spectacular setting overlooking Bridgeport Valley and the Sierra Nevada.
Crested Butte, Colorado

Crested Butte Cemetery

A testament to Colorado’s rugged mining history sits against a backdrop of striking mountain scenery.