Des Moines, New Mexico
Capulin Volcano
This volcano rises like a giant anthill from the plains below, with a road spiraling up to the rim.
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Des Moines, New Mexico
This volcano rises like a giant anthill from the plains below, with a road spiraling up to the rim.
Abiquiu, New Mexico
Its history includes dinosaur fossils, cattle rustlers, Georgia O'Keeffe, and a mythical giant rattlesnake named Vivaron.
Guymon, Oklahoma
Is this 47.7-mile stretch of highway the longest straight road in the United States?
Forneys Creek, North Carolina
This winding road of 318 curves is a must-visit for (careful) motorcycle and sports car enthusiasts.
Green Bank, West Virginia
This rural community has attracted both scientists and techno-refugees due to its federally-mandated lack of technology.
Green Bank, West Virginia
The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.
Rugby, North Dakota
A monument to the center of the North American continent may be off by a few miles.
Knoxville, Tennessee
Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.
Natural Bridge, Virginia
Lines from a walking song are etched into a rock in Natural Bridge State Park.
Mount Washington, Massachusetts
One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.
Middletown, Maryland
Built by the patriotic residents of Boonsboro in a single day.
West Windsor Township, New Jersey
A bronze monument to the infamous radio broadcast in the real New Jersey town where the fictional Martians crash-landed.
East Lyme, Connecticut
With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.
Newport, Rhode Island
Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.
Brookline, New Hampshire
Around 100 sculptures from artists all over the world decorate the hiking trails surrounding this locale.
Lubec, Maine
This candy-striped tower is the farthest east you can go in the United States.
Ithaca, New York
Pluto is still considered a planet in Ithaca, New York.
Cooksburg, Pennsylvania
Locals call this magical moss-covered walkway the "Emerald Path."
Mackinac County, Michigan
The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.
Reno, Nevada
This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.
Leavittsburg, Ohio
A grandiose title could not save this mercantile community from obscurity.
Bluffton, Indiana
Home to some of Indiana's last bison herds.
Athens, Wisconsin
The center of the only hemisphere that awards visitors with a commemorative coin.
Rockford, Illinois
The city of Rockford, Illinois is symbolically protected by a quartet of fittingly stony sentinels.