San Antonio, Texas
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San Antonio, Texas
These boots are made for selfies.
San Antonio, Texas
What was meant as an innocent piece of art has earned a reputation as the "mansplaining sculpture."
San Antonio, Texas
An ivy-covered arch bridge dedicated to Tejano music singer and legend Rosita Fernandez.
Key West, Florida
An idyllic swimming pool tells the tale of Hemingway's trouble with women.
Key West, Florida
The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.
Key West, Florida
A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.
Key West, Florida
Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.
Asheville, North Carolina
The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Over 20,000 sets of spice shakers reveal the surprisingly telling history of our most basic spices.
Pikeville, Tennessee
Labor provided by Great Depression-era programs restored these 25,000 acres in Tennessee.
Nye County, Nevada
The site of an underground detonation of a megaton nuclear bomb in the middle of the Mojave Desert.
Nye County, Nevada
The contents of this safe survived a 37-kiloton nuclear bomb.
Tonopah, Nevada
This massive crater in the middle of nowhere was used to train astronauts for moon landings.
Reno, Nevada
The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary car.
Boulder City, Nevada
Experience a charming 1930s version of "infotainment."
Nye County, Nevada
The largest man-made crater in the U.S. marks the spot where we once tested mining with nukes.
Nye County, Nevada
A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.
Liberal, Kansas
A house turned museum is the real-life "home" of the fictional main character of The Wizard of Oz.
Greensburg, Kansas
The United States's largest hand-dug well is topped with a state-of-the-art museum.
Wamego, Kansas
A wonderful collection of all things Oz is nestled in the heart of Kansas.
Boston, Massachusetts
A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
One of America's most historic homes also holds a startling literary legacy.
Boston, Massachusetts
This ambitious father and son team reigned supreme over the North End, and witches, for many years.