Must-see attractions in Eastern USA

  • Adventureland

    Walt Disney World

    Adventure Disney-style means pirates and jungles, magic carpets and tree houses, and whimsical and silly representations of the exotic locales from…

  • The American Sign Museum hosted a sneak preview on Saturday. It opens to the public on June 23. The Enquirer/ Joseph Fuqua II.American Sign Metro Saturday June 2, 2012: People tour and take pictures  of sign exhibits during the Sneak Preview Grand Opening at the American Sign Museum Saturday June 2, 2012 in Camp Washington. The Enquirer/ Joseph Fuqua II

    American Sign Museum

    Cincinnati

    This museum stocks an awesome cache of flashing, lightbulb-studded beacons in an old parachute factory. You’ll burn your retinas staring at vintage neon…

  • Ornate tower and details of Ponce de Leon hotel now Flagler college built Henry Flagler in St Augustine Florida; 
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    Hotel Ponce de León

    St Augustine

    This striking former luxury hotel, built in the 1880s, is now the world's most gorgeous dormitory, belonging to Flagler College, who purchased and saved…

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    Rainbow Row

    Charleston

    With its 13 candy-colored houses, this stretch of Georgian row houses on lower E Bay St is one of the most photographed areas in Charleston. The…

  • Randolph Hall, the main academic building on the College of Charleston campus. Charleston, SC. Built 1828-29 and one of the oldest college buildings still in use in the U.S. Classical, colonial antebellum style

    College of Charleston

    Charleston

    Spread over a few city blocks at the center of Charleston's downtown, this university was founded in 1770 and is the oldest in the state. The campus is…

  • Fort Lauderdale Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

    Fort Lauderdale Beach & Promenade

    Fort Lauderdale

    Fort Lauderdale's promenade – a wide, brick, palm-tree-dotted pathway swooping along the beach and the A1A – is a magnet for runners, in-line skaters,…

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    Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami

    Miami

    The Museum of Contemporary Art has long been a reason to hike up to North Miami – its galleries feature excellent rotating exhibitions of contemporary art…

  • Children's Museum of Pittsburg

    Children's Museum of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh

    Kill a day (or at least half a day) with the kids at this multistory fun house, which includes an attic space devoted to illusions, a waterplay area, a…

  • Saugerties Lighthouse on the west bank of the Hudson River on a clear, summer afternoon.

    Saugerties Lighthouse

    Catskills

    A half-mile nature trail leads to this 1869 landmark on the point where Esopus Creek joins the Hudson. Tours of the building are available by appointment,…

  • EB94BY Gold Coast Railroad Museum, Miami, Florida, USA

    Gold Coast Railroad Museum

    Miami

    Primarily of interest to train buffs, this museum displays more than 30 antique railway cars, including the Ferdinand Magellan presidential car, where…

  • Sep 20, 2019: The wheel at the ICON park lit up at night.
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    ICON Orlando

    Orlando

    Orlando has got everything else that goes up and down, so why not round and around? Opened in 2017, ICON Orlando is one of International Drive's latest…

  • Holy Name Cathedral

    Chicago

    Holy Name Cathedral is the seat of Chicago’s Catholic Church and where its powerful cardinals do their preaching. It provides a quiet place for…

  • Light house at Montauk Point at Dawn

    Montauk Point State Park

    Long Island

    Covering the eastern tip of the South Fork is Montauk Point State Park, with its impressive lighthouse. A good place for windswept walks, surfing, surf…

  • Pin Point Heritage Museum

    Savannah

    Set in what used to be the AS Varn & Son Oyster Seafood Factory, this museum highlights the culture and history of the Gullah-Geechee peoples in the Pin…

  • Haulover Beach Park

    Miami

    Swimsuits are optional at this 40-acre beach park hidden behind vegetation from the sight of condos, highways and prying passers-by. You don't have to get…

  • Statue of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Statue in Kelly Ingram Park, Birmingham, Alabama, USA, North America across from the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham. October 13, 2017.; Shutterstock ID 773710357

    16th Street Baptist Church

    Birmingham

    This church became a gathering place for organizational meetings and a launchpad for protests in Birmingham in the 1950s and ’60s. During a massive…

  • Pullman National Historical Park

    Chicago

    Part of the National Park Service, Pullman offers a rare look at a capitalist's fallen utopia. The community's design and architecture make for a…

  • Parthenon

    Nashville

    Built in 1897 to celebrate the state of Tennessee's centenary, Nashville's Parthenon is a full-scale replica of the Ancient Greece original, with a jaw…

  • Fort Adams State Park is a Rhode Island state park located at the mouth of Newport Harbor, offering panoramic views of the harbor and Narragansett Bay.[3] The park is home to Fort Adams, a large coastal fortification that was active from 1841 through the first half of the 20th century.

    Fort Adams

    Newport

    Built between 1824 and 1857, Fort Adams crowns a rise at the end of the peninsula that juts northward into Newport Harbor. Like many American coastal…

  • ROCKLAND, ME - DECEMBER 5: Mutated Growth by Jackie Brown of Bath at the Materiality exhibition at CMCA in Rockland Tuesday, December 5, 2017. (Staff photo by Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)

    Center for Maine Contemporary Art

    Midcoast Maine

    The CMCA's fabulous home is a clever, glass-enclosed space with a sawtooth roofline, designed by Toshiko Mori. The digs are perfect for featuring…

  • Tybee Island Light Station & Museum

    Savannah

    Take a self-guided tour of Tybee's iconic lighthouse and see panoramic views of the island from its observation deck. Tickets include admission to the…

  • Historic house, The Barnacle - Miami, Florida

    Barnacle Historic State Park

    Miami

    In the center of Coconut Grove village is the 1891, 5-acre pioneer residence of Ralph Monroe, Miami’s first honorable snowbird. The house is open for…

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    Jepson Center for the Arts

    Savannah

    Designed by the great Moshe Safdie, and looking pretty darn space-age by Savannah's standards, the JCA – rather appropriately, given its architecture –…

  • TB2MD0 New Orleans, Louisiana - A Vietnamese farmers market, held for a few hours early Saturday mornings in a parking lot in the city's Vietnamese community

    Vietnamese Farmers' Market

    New Orleans

    The closest you'll come to witnessing Saigon on a Saturday morning (by the way, lots of local Vietnamese, being southern refugees, still call it 'Saigon')…

  • Barred Owls (Strix varia) have been a part of the natural scene for many, many thousands of years and can be found from Maine to Florida. They have a distinctive rich baritone "voice" But, you are more likely to hear one than see one because of their camouflage coloration.
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    Audubon Center for Birds of Prey

    Orlando

    Centered at a cool old house and very much off the beaten track, this little lakeside rehabilitation center for hawks, screech owls and other talon-toed…

  • World of Coca Cola in Pemberton Park

    World of Coca-Cola

    Atlanta

    This self-congratulatory museum might prove entertaining to fans of fizzy beverages and rampant commercialization. The climactic moment comes when guests…

  • Insectarium

    New Orleans

    We'll be honest: if you're not a fan of bugs and creepy-crawlies, you may be happier elsewhere, because at this lively museum, you'll do more than stare…

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    Railroad Park

    Birmingham

    Credit where it's due: Birmingham's Railroad Park, which constitutes some 19 acres of downtown real estate, is a stroke of planning brilliance. As urban…

  • Glen Echo, Maryland, United States-July 22, 2021 1921 era Carousel in Glen Echo Park, Maryland; Shutterstock ID 2013394772; your: Bridget Brown; gl: 65050; netsuite: Online Editorial; full: POI Image Update

    Glen Echo Park

    Washington, DC

    This beautiful park 9 miles northwest of downtown has a huge carousel (per ride $1.25, operating May through September) and children’s shows by the Puppet…

  • Charleston, South Carolina, USA skyline over Marion Square.

    Marion Square

    Charleston

    Charleston's most frequented park is 10 acres of green space in the middle of downtown, bordering on King, Calhoun, Meeting and Tobacco Sts. It's the home…

  • Hialeah, Fl, USA: April 2021: Outdoor sign for Hialeah Park Casino. ; Shutterstock ID 1958803822; your: Bridget Brown; gl: 65050; netsuite: Online Editorial; full: POI Image Update

    Hialeah Park Casino

    Miami

    Hialeah is more Havanan than Little Havana (more than 90% of the population speak Spanish as a first language), and the symbol and center of this working…

  • Buffalo, New York, United States, North America

    Graycliff Estate

    Buffalo

    Occupying a dramatic clifftop location on Lake Erie, 16 miles south of downtown Buffalo, this 1920s vacation home was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for…

  • Cane Creek Nature Preserve.Middle Tennessee Hiking Group.Jan 29, 2011

    Cane Creek Canyon Nature Preserve

    Alabama

    This nature preserve consists of several hundred acres of land carefully and lovingly managed for the public. On site, you'll find leaf-strewn ravines,…

  • Water Garden at the Huntsville Alabama Botanical Gardens

    Huntsville Botanical Garden

    Alabama

    Huntsville residents take great pride in these gardens, which sprawl across 112 acres at the edge of town. On site you'll find a birding trail, aquatic…

  • NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 10: Al Green sits for a portrait in his office in Memphis, TN on November 10th, 2014. The legendary singer is a recipient of the 2014 Kennedy Center Honors. (Photo by Jesse Dittmar for The Washington Post via Getty Images.)

    Full Gospel Tabernacle Church

    Memphis

    On Sunday, put on your 'smell goods' and head to services in South Memphis, where soul-music legend turned reverend Al Green presides over a powerful…

  • The lighthouse at Pemaquid Point, Maine with cloudy sky above and assorted native foliage in the foreground.

    Pemaquid Lighthouse Park

    Midcoast Maine

    Perched dramatically on top of the rocks in Pemaquid Lighthouse Park is the 11,000-candlepower Pemaquid Point Light, built in 1827, which was featured on…

  • A landscape view of Cincinnati's Smale Riverfront Park and the Roebling Suspension Bridge that crosses over the Ohio River and connects Cincinnati, Ohio to Covington, Kentucky.

    Roebling Suspension Bridge

    Cincinnati

    The elegant 1867 spanner was a forerunner of John Roebling's famous Brooklyn Bridge in New York. The Romanesque arches and draped cables have made it an…

  • Lonely Planet Traveller Magazine, Issue 36, Florida, Perfect trip
Art Deco era Colony Hotel on Ocean Drive.

    Colony Hotel

    South Beach

    The Colony is the oldest deco hotel in Miami Beach. It was the first hotel in Miami, and perhaps America, to incorporate its sign (a zigzaggy neon wonder)…

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