Sanderson, Texas
Sanderson Station
Amtrak's least-used stop in the entire country sits in a tiny West Texas town.
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Sanderson, Texas
Amtrak's least-used stop in the entire country sits in a tiny West Texas town.
Marfa, Texas
Not everything is bigger in Texas.
Marfa, Texas
With print dying, this local paper keeps the lights on by doubling as a stunning cafe and cocktail bar.
Chicago, Illinois
To find the "unicorns of the deep" you've got to go downstairs.
Chicago, Illinois
These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.
Chicago, Illinois
Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.
Chicago, Illinois
The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.
South Bend, Indiana
The first artificial white water river course in North America cuts right through an Indiana city.
South Bend, Indiana
This museum collects over a century of automobile history including the iconic car from The Muppet Movie.
Phoenix, Arizona
The unusual burial monument of Arizona's first governor.
Phoenix, Arizona
Millions of years of erosion created the feature for which this rock formation is aptly named.
Phoenix, Arizona
A mysterious "wedding cake" castle in the middle of the urban desert.
Phoenix, Arizona
A former department store turned into a quirky restaurant.
Phoenix, Arizona
This striking public art installation is suspended above a public park, designed to gently move in the breeze.
Phoenix, Arizona
In this small Phoenix taxidermy emporium, you can find everything from a squid in a jar to a freeze-dried toad.
Salt Lake City, Utah
The location along the shores of the Great Salt Lake of what was once called, "The Coney Island of the West", now sits barren due to arson and time.
Salt Lake City, Utah
Pyramid home to an obscure religious group that practices modern mummification.
Salt Lake City, Utah
This museum remembers the tough Mormon trek across America through an intriguing array of artifacts.
Salt Lake City, Utah
Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.
Salt Lake City, Utah
A hidden garden of stones engraved with scriptures, a Joseph Smith Sphinx, all carved by one man.
Corpus Christi, Texas
A memorial dedicated to the Tejano superstar Selena Quintanilla-Pérez.
Mexico City, Mexico
This stunning and ethereal mural symbolizes the beauty, unity, and diversity of humankind.
Mexico City, Mexico
The striking jade death mask of an ancient Maya king is displayed in a replica tomb in Mexico City.
Mexico City, Mexico
Come face to face with the ferocious visage of the serpent-headed mother goddess of the Aztecs.