Weeki Wachee, Florida
Weeki Wachee: ‘City of Live Mermaids’
Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.
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Weeki Wachee, Florida
Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.
Tampa, Florida
Step back into the glory days of Florida's nascent tourism industry at this Gilded Age palace.
St. Petersburg, Florida
A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.
Las Vegas, Nevada
An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.
Las Vegas, Nevada
A blacklight mini-golf fever dream pays tribute to the iconic rock band.
Las Vegas, Nevada
These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.
Las Vegas, Nevada
This Las Vegas casino boasts one of only three spiral escalators in the United States—an engineering wonder.
Las Vegas, Nevada
The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.
Las Vegas, Nevada
The so-called "Father of Las Vegas" had the city's first telephone installed in his office in 1907.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.
Utah
The unusual patterns in this rock formation result from two distinct modes of weathering.
Las Vegas, Nevada
This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.
Virgin, Utah
A kitschy stop on the way to Zion National Park.
Bryce, Utah
Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."
Parowan, Utah
Hundreds of drawings left by the land's previous inhabitants remain mysterious.
Hurricane, Utah
A tunnel with windows, so you don't miss out on the impressive views.
La Fortuna, Costa Rica
The same water that fills a luxury resort’s pools feeds these free hot springs in the rainforest.
Monteverde, Costa Rica
This wildlife refuge is home to more than 200 species of birds, as well as monkeys, lizards, and other wildlife.
Dublin, Ireland
The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.
Washington, D.C.
Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.
Washington, D.C.
The most decorated dog of World War I is preserved in the Smithsonian.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.
Glencolumbkille, Ireland
A map made up of 32 different materials, representing Ireland's 32 counties.