Quemado, New Mexico
‘The Lightning Field’
In the remote high desert of New Mexico, a strange array of poles beckon fury from above.
Places I've been
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Quemado, New Mexico
In the remote high desert of New Mexico, a strange array of poles beckon fury from above.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.
Hamilton Township, New Jersey
These 20-foot sculptures will help guide you from the local train station to the local sculpture garden.
Jersey City, New Jersey
Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.
Cape May, New Jersey
The rusting remains are visible sticking out of the waters of the Delaware Bay.
Vineland, New Jersey
This Great Depression-era creation was once known as the strangest house in the world.
West Windsor Township, New Jersey
A bronze monument to the infamous radio broadcast in the real New Jersey town where the fictional Martians crash-landed.
Hamilton Township, New Jersey
A unique sculpture park that specializes in the huge and bizarre.
Dover, New Hampshire
A museum dedicated to "science, history and the arts" little changed since 1915.
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Once the future of underwater combat, this old sub is now open for visitors to muck around in.
Jackson, New Hampshire
The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.
Lincoln, New Hampshire
Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.
Clark County, Nevada
This massive geographical sculpture is so subtle, it's possible to pass by it without noticing.
Clark County, Nevada
The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.
Las Vegas, Nevada
This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.
Bozeman, Montana
See the computer’s history revealed over the course of 20,000 years.
Great Falls, Montana
"Polynesia on the Plains."
Arlee, Montana
This giant meditative chakra sits peacefully in the Flathead Valley of western Montana.
Butte, Montana
New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.
Kansas City, Missouri
The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.
St. Louis, Missouri
An urban forest overtakes what was the greatest failure of utopic urban housing.
Independence, Missouri
A museum celebrating the Victorian obsession with hair art.
New Ulm, Minnesota
A winged-helmed, sword-brandishing tribute to German Americans.