Los Angeles, California
Helios House
First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.
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Los Angeles, California
First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.
Long Beach, California
These four islands right offshore have waterfalls, colorful lights, fancy buildings, and a secret purpose.
Long Beach, California
The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.
Denver, Colorado
In the middle of a busy airport, a statue honoring the astronaut who told Houston that Apollo 13 had a problem.
Breckenridge, Colorado
A museum of natural history, Edwin Carter's original log cabin home and workshop houses taxidermy specimens.
Fairplay, Colorado
This open-air reconstruction of an Old West town, a cross between a theme park and a museum, provides an immersive historical experience.
Hollandale, Wisconsin
One Austrian's singular yard is now preserved as a folk art garden of concrete wonders.
Walcott, Iowa
The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.
Maquoketa, Iowa
A wonderland of caves in eastern Iowa.
Colgate, Wisconsin
This whimsical sculpture garden is a local treasure.
Eagle, Wisconsin
These modest Midwestern formations are kin to Niagara Falls' impressive cliffs, more than 600 miles away.
Edgewood, Iowa
Chilly air billows out from the entrance of an abandoned mine on a steep hillside, providing a refuge for Ice Age fauna and flora.
Pecos, New Mexico
Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
A small side chapel in Santa Fe's basilica is home to the oldest statute of the Virgin Mary in North America.
Ponderosa, New Mexico
On the edge of the Valles Caldera National Preserve, these rock formations create an eerie landscape.
Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico
A beautiful red-faced slot canyon in northern New Mexico.
Jemez Springs, New Mexico
The 7,000-year-old calcium carbonate formation creates a magnificent natural bridge.
Los Alamos, New Mexico
A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
A sprawling collection of over 106,000 toys from around the world.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
This sculpture perfectly models the molecular structure of a drug that was never produced.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.