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41.6658, -86.1845
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47.5681, 10.6981
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29.9295, -94.2744
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Hot Springs, Arkansas
Hot Springs Beer
This Arkansas town is known for its gangster history, its healing waters, and now its brews.
34.5146, -93.0534
Hot Springs, Arkansas
Gangster Museum of America
Mobsters came for a soak in the hot springs, and stayed for the illegal gambling and bootlegging.
34.5126, -93.0543
Eureka, Missouri
Times Beach, Missouri
This former small town was destroyed not by the motor oil it sprayed the ground with but by the toxic waste that was added.
38.5029, -90.5935
Navarre, Florida
Navarre Beach Pier
The Gulf’s longest fishing pier is a year-round paradise for catch-and-release whoppers.
30.3786, -86.8634
Bailey, Colorado
The Sasquatch Outpost
A museum dedicated to the mysterious cryptid.
39.4060, -105.4751
Cañon City, Colorado
Royal Gorge Bridge
The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.
38.4621, -105.3245
Cañon City, Colorado
Skyline Drive
This razorback ridgeline has doubled as a scenic drive since the early 1900s.
38.4591, -105.2507
Penrose, Colorado
Phantom Canyon Road
The narrow mountain road that carves a path between Florence and Victor is tied to ghost towns and ghost stories.
38.5819, -105.1180
Manitou Springs, Colorado
Pikes Peak Summit House
Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.
38.8408, -105.0428
Brandon, Colorado
Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site
The hallowed ground of one of the worst atrocities in United States history.
38.5442, -102.5037
Middleton, Wisconsin
National Mustard Museum
More than 5,000 contemporary and "historic" mustards from around the world.
43.0954, -89.5114
Kirksville, Missouri
Museum of Osteopathic Medicine
A museum devoted to osteopathy and its creator, Andrew Still.
40.1927, -92.5875
Chesterfield, Missouri
The Awakening II
A sculpture of a giant man escaping from the depths of the Earth.
38.6459, -90.5997
University City, Missouri
St. Louis Walk of Fame
A commemoration of over 150 of St. Louis's favorite sons and daughters.
38.6558, -90.3050
St. Louis, Missouri
Turtle Playground
This is not your typical jungle gym.
38.6315, -90.2924
St. Louis, Missouri
World's Largest Amoco Sign
This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.
38.6330, -90.3045
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