Byron, California
Byron Hot Springs Hotel
A ruined hotel with an unlucky history and an eerie present.
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Byron, California
A ruined hotel with an unlucky history and an eerie present.
Hamilton Township, New Jersey
A unique sculpture park that specializes in the huge and bizarre.
Mexico
Three sinkholes filled with warm, crystal-clear water reached by a horse-driven cart on an old train track through the jungle.
Miami, Florida
Where monkeys run wild and the humans are caged.
Mammoth Spring, Arkansas
The seventh largest spring in the world.
Hot Springs, Arkansas
Two gushing waterfalls of hot spring water within a block of each other.
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Renowned restaurant tucked in a cave once occupied by buccaneers.
Kayabwe, Uganda
This small roadside eatery exists in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, as the equator runs right through it.
Pacifica, California
The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.
San Bernardino, California
The Route 66 institution that inspired Taco Bell also served as an important headquarters for Mexican-American social movements.
Peach Springs, Arizona
In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.
Tucson, Arizona
One of the oldest Mexican restaurants in the United States air-dries its trademark beef in a dangling outdoor cage.
New Haven, Connecticut
While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.
Lakewood, Colorado
At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.
San Juan Bautista la Raya, Mexico
Venture outside of the city and into a family compound for a meal unlike any other.
Birmingham, Michigan
Classic burger joint that’s been serving up sliders since 1952.
Lima, Ohio
This burger joint is named after everyone's favorite carnival prize and is adorned with a giant one over the door.
Key West, Florida
A small poultry graveyard in the courtyard of a popular Key West watering hole.
Key West, Florida
These large-scale reproductions of Mario Sanchez’s colorful pictures and murals feel like a walk around a small movie set, and also lead you down an imaginary “street” of past decades.
Nashville, Tennessee
House a green chile pork Crunchwrap swaddled in hot, fresh tortillas.
Abita Springs, Louisiana
A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.
Magnolia, Mississippi
A seven-ton black granite monument dedicated to the memory of those who died and those who lived through the 1977 crash of the popular Southern rock band.
Zachary, Louisiana
One of the last remaining venues on the Old Chitlin’ Circuit is a kaleidoscopic music hall at the end of a dirt road.
Natchez, Mississippi
This racially troublesome eatery thought a new coat of paint could erase its offensive connotations.