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Easton, Massachusetts

Borderland State Park Mansion

The sprawling, eccentric estate of Ames and Ames, a brilliant botanist, and a genius inventor and artist.
Added by jennierosehalperin
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Mount Auburn Cemetery

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.
KHotspur Added by KHotspur
Holyoke, Massachusetts

Eyrie House Ruins

The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.
Added by cherv33
Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts

Glacial Potholes

Over 50 whirling pools left behind from the glacial age.
Seth Teicher Added by Seth Teicher
Mammoth Spring, Arkansas

Mammoth Spring Frisco Depot

Life-size figures portray depot attendants, train crew, and passengers frozen in time at the oldest railroad station in Arkansas.
jusTodd Added by jusTodd
Heber Springs, Arkansas

Collins Creek Cascade and Trout Stream

A wild trout fishery in Arkansas.
jusTodd Added by jusTodd
Damascus, Arkansas

Springfield-Des Arc Bridge

This historic bridge has weathered fires and floods and still stands, now abandoned, where it has stood since 1874.
jusTodd Added by jusTodd
Eureka Springs, Arkansas

Pivot Rock Park

This century-old roadside attraction is full of bizarre rock formations.
Added by Ang Harv
Lahaina, Hawaii

Lahaina Banyan Tree

Take shelter from Hawai'i's tropical heat under the massive canopy of largest Banyan tree on the island.
makanabender Added by makanabender
Shelburne, Vermont

Shelburne Farms

A massive sustainable farm designed by the mastermind behind Central Park.
Added by MichaeltheMagic
Arbutus, Maryland

The Arbutus Oak

The 320-year-old tree that greeted General Lafayette and rerouted an interstate highway.
chrisblanchard98 Added by chrisblanchard98
Hřensko, Czechia

Pravčická brána (Pravčice Gate)

Europe's largest natural bridge has a 19th century royal chateau built into its side.
Sebastian Wortys Added by Sebastian Wortys
Paphos, Cyprus

Tombs of the Kings

An ancient necropolis of magnificent tombs.
Dr Alan P Newman Added by Dr Alan P Newman
Pikeville, Tennessee

Fall Creek Falls State Park

Labor provided by Great Depression-era programs restored these 25,000 acres in Tennessee.
Added by Myrandis
Newport, Rhode Island

Newport Tower

Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.
Josh Added by Josh
Detroit, Michigan

Michigan Theatre

Opulent downtown movie theater now houses cars as an indoor parking garage.
nbj914 Added by nbj914
Palenque, Mexico

Palenque

An elaborate Mayan city shrouded in alien conspiracy revealed the tomb of Pacal the Great.
Monica Petrus Added by Monica Petrus
Lyndeborough, New Hampshire

Purgatory Falls

Beautiful natural falls where Satan once ruined a pot of beans.
Added by Kernee
Prague, Czechia

Dripstone Wall

Countless grotesque faces stare out from this eerie Prague art wall.
littlebrumble Added by littlebrumble
Chiefland, Florida

Manatee Springs

Where manatees are the snowbird vacationers in these balmy Florida springs.
Added by gbdavis0925
Hampi, India

Hampi

The remains of what was, not so long ago, the world's largest city.
Added by Henry
Schattenhalb, Switzerland

The Reichenbach Falls

The alpine falls where Sherlock Holmes apparently met his demise can actually be visited.
Luke J Spencer Added by Luke J Spencer
Cañon City, Colorado

Royal Gorge Bridge

The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.
jenniferbrown74 Added by jenniferbrown74
Nubia, Egypt

The Temple of Abu Simbel

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.
emdrichardson Added by emdrichardson