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A series of silhouettes that recall the great cattle drives of the 19th-century.

This alpine statue of Jesus in Silverton is said to protect both miners and local economies.

Winter and summer solstice aligned sculpture in the middle of nowhere.

This 1950s-era nostalgic roadside New Mexico attraction consists of a quirky curio store and museum embedded into the face of a cave.

The neighborhood surrounding the memorial was the epicenter of the AIDS epidemic in Louisiana.

This replica oil derrick stands where a tiny Kansas town struck big in 1852, kicking off America's biggest oil boom.

This vivid painted ceramic sculpture evokes the expansiveness of the prairie sky.

This rural museum is home to more than 50 local desert reptiles and the world's largest snake bite kit collection.

Explore the cabin where the famed abolitionist once lived and the site where he fought the Battle of Osawatomie.

One of the oldest continuously operating amusement parks in the U.S. is an open-air museum of Art Deco and neon lights.

This classic Kansas City song reference is the place for anyone who wants to stand at the corner of 12th Street and Vine.

A rock that was too big to move, so the town just paved around it.

This roadside sculpture garden in New Mexico venerates Mother Earth and outsider art.

A Google software engineer's Easter egg led to what may be the world's most unusual saved screenshot.

One of the oldest art supply stores in the United States.

Louisiana's tallest waterfall is only a short hike away from the middle of nowhere.

An immense cave that has served as an outlaw's treasure trove, an underground dance hall, a nuclear fallout shelter, and much more.

A rattlesnake museum showcasing over 30 species, in a century-old building that used to be the general store in this tiny West Texas town.

The hallowed ground of one of the worst atrocities in United States history.

This museum and former department store is home to the largest collection of A.R. Mitchell art in the world.

Built in 1869, this one-room rural schoolhouse welcomes visitors to travel back to 1904 school day.

Salina's eye-catching giant mural depicting children at play is painted atop a century-old mill elevator.

In the Compton Hill Reservoir Park sits a statue whose lack of clothing caused a scandal for the group that commissioned it.

One of the oldest show caves in Arkansas.