Newport News, Virginia
Army Transportation Museum Foundation
A collection of vehicles across American military history.
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Newport News, Virginia
A collection of vehicles across American military history.
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Jamestown may have been the first permanent English settlement in the Americas, but the colonists made landfall at a lesser known cape.
Fredericksburg, Texas
Abandoned railroad tunnel is home to a colony of three million Mexican free-tail bats.
Boerne, Texas
This small, 19th-century structure is all the remains of a once lively travelers' inn that General Robert E. Lee frequented.
Wimberley, Texas
A popular swimming hole that hides one of America's most deadly diving spots.
Carlsbad, New Mexico
The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."
El Paso, Texas
This site honors the end of a 100-year boundary dispute between the United States and Mexico—all started by a river's shifting course.
Las Cruces, New Mexico
The entire history of the U.S. Space Shuttle Program is painted on an enormous roadside water tank.
Uvalde, Texas
A 17-foot-tall cutout of the Texas-born actor stands alongside the highway.
Sanderson, Texas
Amtrak's least-used stop in the entire country sits in a tiny West Texas town.
Big Bend National Park, Texas
This gravity-defying rock formation is one of Big Bend’s natural wonders.
Comfort, Texas
A unique cartoon-filled roadside attraction.
Arlington, Virginia
This lovely picnic spot featuring thunderous jet landings is an aircraft spotter’s dream.
Arlington, Virginia
The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.
Arlington, Virginia
This isn't your average roadway—it's actually a National Park and a transportation pioneer.
Springfield, Virginia
The last early 20th-century schoolhouse in Fairfax County has galvanized the community and engendered a spirit of service among residents.
San Diego, California
Not truly a ship nor a building, the Navy's first and last "landship" is now abandoned due to clerical issues.
Victorville, California
Abandoned Air Force base that has fallen into disrepair.
Yermo, California
Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.
Chadron, Nebraska
America's largest man-made forest was planted in an effort to bring back the past.
Harrison, Nebraska
Otherworldly rock formations and ancient fossils abound in this unique stretch of Nebraska badlands.
Harrison, Nebraska
Site of the 1879 Cheyenne Outbreak and the site where famed Sioux chief Crazy Horse met his fate.
Alliance, Nebraska
An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.
Bayard, Nebraska
This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.