Alamosa, Colorado
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Boston, Massachusetts
Edgar Allan Poe Square
The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.
Bangor, Maine
Stephen King's Former House
The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.
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Orlando, Florida
Discovery Island
Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.
Holbrook, Arizona
Petrified Forest National Park
See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.
Sequoia National Park, California
General Sherman
Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).
Groom Lake, Nevada
Area 51
In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.
Carlsbad, New Mexico
Carlsbad Caverns
The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."
Chiefland, Florida
Manatee Springs State Park
A much more welcome kind of snowbird vacationer, manatees camp out in these springs every winter.
Devils Tower, Wyoming
Devils Tower
The first declared National Monument in the United States.
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
Mesa Verde National Park
The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.
Inyo County, California
Sailing Stones of Racetrack Playa
The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.
Estes Park, Colorado
The Stanley Hotel
Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."
Salem, Massachusetts
The Witch House of Salem
The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.
San Francisco, California
Alcatraz Island
In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.
Williamsburg, Virginia
President Heads
Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.
Kansas City, Missouri
Union Station Lamp Post Clock
This recently restored timepiece has stood all around Kansas City.
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Kansas City, Missouri
Imperial Brewery
Undone by Prohibition, this abandoned brewery-turned-flour mill is now ready for its third act.
Kansas City, Missouri
World's Largest Shuttlecocks
Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.
Topeka, Kansas
Equality House
A rainbow-colored house promotes LGBTQ rights across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church.
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Atlanta, Georgia
'Autoeater'
In Midtown Atlanta, tons of marble appears to be devouring a Fiat Panda at this unique art installation.
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta Rainbow Crosswalks
A colorful square marks the heart of the city's LGBTQ community.
Los Angeles, California
Capitol Records Building Morse Code
The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.
Los Angeles, California
La Brea Tar Pits Dragonfly Fossils
These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.
