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The oldest United States federal cemetery west of the Mississippi River.

Spend a hour meandering, breathing, and learning along this lovely untouted path that connects historic gardens.

Visit the site where the original Krispy Kreme doughnut was made back in 1937.

In a beautiful open space on the north side of the Palmer Divide sits one solitary 19th-century gravestone in a copse of trees.

A James Turrell Skyspace located in the mountains of Colorado.

High seas history comes to life at this immersive museum with an on-site tavern.

A century-old local legend surrounds the grave of Barbara Snyder due to its eerie epitaph.

This statue is in the center of San Jacinto Plaza, commemorating the live alligator pond that once stood in the area.

Built in 1797, this is Mississippi’s most haunted house.

Alabama’s oldest and largest metaphysical shop.

Jog (or stroll) down an esplanade of fluctuating and whimsical sculpture works.

The first commercial phone line west of St. Louis was installed thanks to a group of Cherokee businessmen.

A giant gun-shaped smoker.

Wildflower-filled 19th-century cemetery is a bucolic final resting place.

This departure gate in Austin's airport sends travelers to over 120 imaginary destinations.

This map, on display in the Library of Congress, and one of only seven known to exist, is the very first map of the United States.

A pair of whimsical homes in Texas shaped like oversized Western wear.

Hilltop modernist/folk art shrine and gardens dedicated to a Native American saint.

Odd castle-like structures for collecting water sticking out of the Mississippi River.

When a mechanical flaw rewrote aviation rules.

The trout that grew a winter coat is mounted in its Colorado hometown.

A very special collection of some of the rarest and most beautiful guitars.

A forgotten 1800s burial vault hides in plain sight beneath a busy downtown Houston bridge.

A statue in Enterprise, Alabama hailing the fast food giant Ronald McDonald, stylized as a boll weevil.