Asmara, Eritrea
Fiat Tagliero Service Station
Eritrea's futuristic gas station is a nod to Italy's fascist history.
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Asmara, Eritrea
Eritrea's futuristic gas station is a nod to Italy's fascist history.
Hot Springs, Arkansas
This historic hotel on Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs National Park has a storied history of gangsters and baseball greats.
San Antonio, Texas
A National Historic Landmark with a scenic clock tower and park filled with deer and peacocks, plus a military museum.
San Antonio, Texas
The summer home of the largest colony of bats in the world.
New Braunfels, Texas
Texas's oldest bakery serves authentic German pastries, including legendary strudel.
Waco, Texas
Official museum, hall of fame, and repository of the Texas Rangers.
Cheyenne, Wyoming
The only retired U.S. nuclear missile silo that is open to the public.
Rapid City, South Dakota
Every president in history is immortalized in bronze in downtown Rapid City.
Rapid City, South Dakota
South Dakota's oldest operating brewery is housed inside a historic firehouse.
Mitchell, South Dakota
A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.
Wall, South Dakota
The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.
Custer, South Dakota
The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.
Samarra, Iraq
9th century Abbasid mosque, damaged in modern warfare.
Erbil, Iraq
An ancient fortified mound raised over the millennia from settlements built one on top of the other.
Djibouti
A salt lake dotted with steaming limestone chimneys.
Tadjourah, Djibouti
Rimmed by white crusts of salt on every edge, Lac Assal is one of the saltiest bodies of water in the world.
Aden, Yemen
This impressive system of tanks was used to store drinking water as long as 2,000 years ago.
Sana'a, Yemen
Yemen's "Stone Palace" looks like it was carved right out of the tall stone column on which it is built.
Yemen
The most alien-looking place on Earth.
Cold Spring, New York
This abandoned ironworks was once the most important military supplier in America.
West Point, New York
The Brigadier General was so afraid of being buried alive that he had a buzzer installed in his mausoleum, just in case he woke up.
West Point, New York
West Point’s only monument to a woman veteran stands above an empty grave.
New Windsor, New York
100 massive sculptures in the Hudson River Valley.
Tyler, Texas
A mysterious drive-in nestled in the forest that leaves little to the imagination.