Marietta, Ohio
The Mound Cemetery
At the center of this cemetery stands a 2,000-year-old burial mound of the Adena culture.
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Marietta, Ohio
At the center of this cemetery stands a 2,000-year-old burial mound of the Adena culture.
Columbus, Ohio
Three bronze deer sculptures relax along the Scioto Mile.
Columbus, Ohio
Just outside the Ohio Supreme Court sits a testament to justice.
Columbus, Ohio
Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.
Columbus, Ohio
An unassuming 13-acre park is home to over 12,000 roses.
Parkersburg, West Virginia
A melancholy guardian doubles as a judicious godmother to this small town cemetery.
St. Louis, Missouri
Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.
St. Louis, Missouri
What was once a presidential estate is now an exotic menagerie and home to the Budweiser Clydesdales.
Casey, Illinois
The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.
Fairmont City, Illinois
Fresh wooden posts have been added to ancient holes to recreate a primitive henge clock.
Collinsville, Illinois
Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.
St. Louis, Missouri
One of the world's earliest skyscrapers.
Amarillo, Texas
A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.
Gallup, New Mexico
John Wayne, Ronald Reagan, and other Hollywood actors have resided in this picturesque Route 66 hotel.
Holbrook, Arizona
A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.
Winslow, Arizona
This Route 66 classic sports a giant fiberglass rabbit that you can ride.
Winslow, Arizona
This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.
Kingman, Arizona
The world’s first museum dedicated solely to electric vehicles.
Boulder City, Nevada
A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.
Kimberly, Idaho
These falls, sometimes called the "Niagara of the West," still put on a good show at the right time of year.
Pendleton, Oregon
The only Native American museum along the Oregon Trail, run by the peoples who have lived on the land for generations.
San Diego, California
One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.