Lutcher, Louisiana
Bonfires on the Levee for Papa Noel
A Cajun-style Christmas on the river also involves sky-high pyres and explosives.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Memphis, Tennessee
Peabody Hotel Duck March
Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.
Key West, Florida
Key West High Heel Shoe Drop
Leave it to Key West to drop a real-live drag queen instead of a ball to mark the arrival of the New Year.
Estes Park, Colorado
Frozen Dead Guy Days
An annual festival celebrating Colorado's most famous frozen corpse.
Rayne, Louisiana
Rayne Frog Festival
The only place to see live frogs don pigtails and top hats, then eat their scrumptious legs.
Washington, D.C.
Inaugural Parade Center Line
A line of blue paint marks the route of the inaugural parade.
Culberson County, Texas
Guadalupe Peak
The highest point in Texas is capped by a big silver pyramid.
Ironton, Missouri
Taum Sauk Mountain
In the St. Francois Mountains in the Ozarks at 1,772 feet above sea level, Taum Sauk Mountain is the highest (and possibly oldest) peak in Missouri.
Simsboro, Louisiana
Driskill Mountain
The highest point in Louisiana, Driskill Mountain at 535 feet above sea level.
Paris, Arkansas
Magazine Mountain
A large stone map of Arkansas awaits visitors to its highest point.
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St. Louis, Missouri
Cementland
A late sculptor's last project was to turn this abandoned cement factory into a castle-themed amusement park.
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Marble Falls Township, Arkansas
Dogpatch USA
A hillbilly theme park that proved so unpopular the land wouldn't even sell on eBay after it closed.
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Williams, Arizona
Flintstones Bedrock City
An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.
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Golden Valley, Arizona
Santa Claus, Arizona
A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.
Tucson, Arizona
Coit Museum of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
An Arizona museum with a collection of pharmaceutical oddities, including a jar of a gangster's chewed gum.
Washington, D.C.
FDR's Bomb Shelter
The first presidential bomb shelter was located in an old vault under the Treasury, connected to the White House via tunnel.
Washington, D.C.
American University Experiment Station
The school tested mustard gas for the U.S. Army during World War I.
Washington, D.C.
Library of Congress Card Catalog
A nostalgic bibliographic gem.
Washington, D.C.
Washington Monument Marble Stripe
Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.
Washington, D.C.
Steam Tunnels Under Capitol Hill
100 years later, they're still down there.
Tahlequah, Oklahoma
Mister Ed's Grave
The granite monument is engraved with the image of the talking horse's head coming through a barn door.
Lucas, Kansas
Bowl Plaza
This artsy public restroom is shaped like a giant john.
Washington, D.C.
Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens
A lovely aquatic park built by a one-armed Civil War veteran who made a fortune from lotuses.
Avery Island, Louisiana
Tabasco Museum and Factory
For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.
