Charleston, Missouri
The Queen Tombstone
This curious headstone is labeled simply as "The Queen."
Places I've been
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Charleston, Missouri
This curious headstone is labeled simply as "The Queen."
Cairo, Illinois
A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.
Cairo, Illinois
The lowest point in the state of Illinois, at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.
Mayfield, Kentucky
Everyone and everything one man ever loved and lost, now stare into the East for all eternity.
Smithland, Kentucky
An enormous natural sandstone bridge in Kentucky.
Calvert City, Kentucky
A whimsical folk art garden full of punny pieces and a diorama containing 3,500 toys.
Anna, Illinois
This simple gravestone remembers a pig who single-hoofedly raised $19,000,000 for the Navy.
Metropolis, Illinois
You have to love a museum with a truly dedicated focus. A focus on Superman, for example.
Paducah, Kentucky
A collection of outdoor art by renowned muralist Robert Dafford depicts the history of a flooded city.
Kamiah, Idaho
This landmark is a central figure in the Nez Perce origin story.
Cottonwood, Idaho
Sweet Willy, at 30 feet tall, is the world's biggest beagle.
Asotin, Washington
The century-old remains of an abandoned farm town in eastern Washington.
Pullman, Washington
A graveyard for early settlers, sometimes called Old Pioneer Cemetery, hidden in the woods on a hillside.
Garfield, Washington
A nearly abandoned 19th-century town on the Palouse.
Colfax, Washington
An abandoned 19th-century hospital now swirling in ghost stories.
Colfax, Washington
A town's monument to a touch-football victory 50 years in the making.
Pullman, Washington
A home made entirely from scrapped, reclaimed and recycled material in Whitman County, Washington.
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
A black cottonwood gets a second life as a home for books.
Post Falls, Idaho
A wild west land agreement was etched right onto this historic Idaho stone.
Spokane, Washington
Protected from the elements, these Native American rock paintings have survived approximately 250 years.
Spokane, Washington
Local legend has it that an old, decaying staircase outside this cemetery is haunted by dozens of ghosts.
Spokane, Washington
A giant milk bottle from the 1930s beckons drivers to this diner.
Spokane, Washington
The decorations were inspired by an unlikely missing treasure.
Spokane, Washington
The former home of the "Mother of Father's Day."