Palm Desert, California
Smiler's Point
This simple highway curve has become a comedic pilgrimage site.
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Jamestown, Rhode Island
'Moonrise Kingdom' Beach
The secluded beach getaway from Wes Anderson's dreamy summer romance.
Washington, D.C.
The Exorcist Stairs
The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.
Cannon Beach, Oregon
Haystack Rock
A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.
Inyo County, California
Teakettle Junction
Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Nicolas Cage’s Pyramid Tomb
In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.
Saginaw, Michigan
Shine Bright Saginaw Mural
Soaring mural splashed across 70-year-old silos in Michigan.
Detroit, Michigan
Grand Trunk Pub
The grandiose interior of this bar speaks to its past as home to famous jewelers and railway offices.
Traverse City, Michigan
Tunnels of Traverse City State Hospital
A subterranean world of tunnels links several buildings of this rare 19th-century asylum.
Faroe Islands
Lake Sørvágsvatn
The largest lake in the Faroe Islands seems to be held hundreds of feet above sea level thanks to an optical illusion.
El Paso, Texas
Hueco Tanks
Natural catch-basin rocks covered in thousands of drawings spanning many millennia.
Baker, Nevada
Lehman Caves
A gothic palace of endless stalagmites and pseudoscorpions waits within one of the world's most beautiful caves.
Fayetteville, West Virginia
New River Gorge Bridge
One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.
Crater Lake, Oregon
Crater Lake
The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.
Afton, Wyoming
World's Largest Elkhorn Arch
This town is home to the world’s largest arch constructed entirely of elk antlers.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Old Faithful Geyser
One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
John Brown's Fort
The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.
Wendover, Utah
Bonneville Salt Flats / Bonneville Speedway
Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.
Moab, Utah
Hole N" the Rock
A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.
Moab, Utah
Landscape Arch
The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.
Wall, South Dakota
Wall Drug
The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.
Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
Mammoth Cave
The world's longest known cave system.
Wilmington, Delaware
Enchanted Woods at Winterthur Gardens
An award-winning children’s garden enchants visitors at the intersection of natural beauty and fairy tales.
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
Basin Park Hotel
An extravagant western hotel where every floor is the "ground floor."
