Cantwell, Alaska
Igloo City
Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.
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Cantwell, Alaska
Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.
Talkeetna, Alaska
This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.
Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska
The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.
Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.
Erwin, Tennessee
Railroad came. People came. Railroad left. Town died.
Sevierville, Tennessee
Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.
Indianapolis, Indiana
Nature and art meet in this curvy creation
Lake Havasu City, Arizona
This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.
Hurricane, Utah
A tunnel with windows, so you don't miss out on the impressive views.
Springdale, Utah
The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.
Bryce, Utah
Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."
San Francisco, California
Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.
San Francisco, California
Chevron maintains one “Standard” brand station per state so it doesn’t lose the trademark.
San Francisco, California
Art from the latest counter-culture; kids who dye their hair blue and believe the future will be a post-apocalyptic water world.
San Francisco, California
The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.
San Francisco, California
In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.
Detroit, Michigan
The bones of an old zoo crumbling in the shadow of a new one.
Harbor Springs, Michigan
A popular place to pick up prehistoric coral fossils from the time when Michigan was an ocean.
Medora, North Dakota
Home of a French nobleman's short-lived attempt at raising cattle in the Badlands of North Dakota.
Dunseith, North Dakota
A rim-made reptile in North Dakota.
Bottineau, North Dakota
The world's tallest turtle riding the world's largest snowmobile.
Rugby, North Dakota
A monument to the center of the North American continent may be off by a few miles.
Jamestown, North Dakota
A true roadside icon standing on the same plains that the herds once roamed.
Jamestown, North Dakota
Three legendary, living albino buffalo roaming their pastures for all to see.