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Dearborn, Michigan

Dymaxion House

The only surviving prototype for Buckminster Fuller's house of the future.
Allison Added by Allison
Malvern, Pennsylvania

Duffy's Cut

Pennsylvanian mass grave and possibly mass murder.
Added by OctopusRex
Durango, Colorado

Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.
Added by syabek
Kenosha, Wisconsin

Mars Cheese Castle

Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.
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Millinocket, Maine

Mount Katahdin

The highest point in Maine is a grand gift to the state citizens that also happens to be one end of the Appalachian Trail.
thomasharper Added by thomasharper
Washington, D.C.

Kilroy Was Here

There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.
Elliot Carter Added by Elliot Carter
Port Orchard, Washington

Elandan Gardens

Bonsai trees that are up to a thousand years old.
AaronNetsky Added by AaronNetsky
Washington, D.C.

Lincoln Book Tower

A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.
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Banff, Alberta

Banff Springs Hotel

Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.
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Eureka Springs, Arkansas

The 1886 Crescent Hotel and Spa

This haunted hotel built on natural springs once served as a hospital for a quack doctor promising a cure for cancer.
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London, England

Camera Museum

This museum tucked below a charming cafe gives a brief snapshot of photographic history.
Curioussquirrel Added by Curioussquirrel
Silver Lake, Oregon

Crack in the Ground

A volcanic fissure over two miles long and up to 70 feet deep.
canuck Added by canuck
Oldtown, Maryland

Paw Paw Tunnel

Despite violent work crews and massive delays this abandoned canal tunnel was built to last into the modern day.
masteranthonystevens Added by masteranthonystevens
Tepoztlán, Mexico

El Tepozteco

High atop a Mexican rainforest mountain, this ancient pyramid once drew pilgrims countries away.
Added by ZacharySenn
Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska

Denali

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.
thomasharper Added by thomasharper
Escalante, Utah

Hell's Backbone Scenic Road

Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.
Added by lastpearl
Kyonan, Japan

Mount Nokogiri (Saw Mountain)

This sawtooth mountain range still bears the strangely lovely marks of its history as a medieval quarry.
Added by daveyyoung
Chicago, Illinois

Pullman Historic District

First planned industrial community in the United States.
Added by oksanam
Atlanta, Georgia

Trader Vic's

Mai Tais and Navy Grog served up in one of the original tiki bars.
Molly McBride Jacobson Added by Molly McBride Jacobson
Ellicott City, Maryland

Daniels

An eerie, decaying ghost town destined to fade into the forest.
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Silver Spring, Maryland

National Park Seminary

A girls' boarding school inspired by the Chicago World's Fair, once abandoned, now restored to strange and scenic glory.
Allison Added by Allison
Italy

Road of 52 Tunnels

This Italian foot path winds through the mountains via 52 individual tunnels.
De Profundis Added by De Profundis
California

Farallon Islands

Nuclear waste dump site now an environmental sanctuary.
atimian Added by atimian
London, England

The Dove

A glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.
paulypaul Added by paulypaul