Sydney, Nova Scotia
World's Largest Fiddle
On the waterfront of Sydney, Nova Scotia, a 60-ft. fiddle greets incoming ships.
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Sydney, Nova Scotia
On the waterfront of Sydney, Nova Scotia, a 60-ft. fiddle greets incoming ships.
Nuuk, Greenland
These eight mummies are the best-preserved human remains ever discovered in North America.
Chitina, Alaska
In the middle of the Alaskan wilderness, lies a train trestle to nowhere.
Dawson City, Yukon
A colossal gold-dredging machine from the Klondike mining boom, now open to tours.
Tukwila, Washington
An extraordinary collection of aircraft and spacecraft on display at the original site of the Boeing Company.
Seattle, Washington
One of the best views of the city is tucked away at the top of a water tower.
Seattle, Washington
This park celebrates a sister city relationship that survived the Cold War.
Los Alamos, New Mexico
A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.
Los Alamos, New Mexico
Once a dining hall for boarding school students, this lodge was a popular haunt for nuclear physicists working on the Manhattan Project.
Los Alamos, New Mexico
This museum started as a collection of Manhattan Projects and continues to add exhibits as they are declassified.
Telluride, Colorado
This otherwise unremarkable ski town building marks the site of Butch Cassidy's first robbery.
Kanab, Utah
This ancient cave is home to a museum, bar, and is filled with fluorescent minerals.
Orderville, Utah
Nature has shaped this drainage tunnel into the digestive tract of a mighty beast.
Utah
The unusual patterns in this rock formation result from two distinct modes of weathering.
Silverton, Colorado
This alpine statue of Jesus in Silverton is said to protect both miners and local economies.
Mexican Hat, Utah
This balancing rock is one of Utah's most unusual geological formations.
Halchita, Utah
The location where the iconic movie character declared it was time to go home.
Alamosa, Colorado
When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.
Durango, Colorado
This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Thousands of pieces of art have been carved into the rock at the site of an ancient volcanic eruption.
Magdalena, New Mexico
Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.
Twentynine Palms, California
An eerie natural formation that looks right back at you.
Oatman, Arizona
This once-booming Gold Rush town is now home to a herd of feral donkeys.