San Francisco, California
The Last Standard Oil Company Gas Station in California
Chevron maintains one “Standard” brand station per state so it doesn’t lose the trademark.
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San Francisco, California
Chevron maintains one “Standard” brand station per state so it doesn’t lose the trademark.
Bedford, Pennsylvania
This Art Deco service station has been providing tune-ups and turning heads for close to a century.
Dallas, Texas
One of the last Art Deco gas station still standing in Dallas.
Delaware, Ohio
A gas station has taken the place of the home of the 19th American President.
Washington, D.C.
This seemingly out-of-place gas station by the Watergate hotel was once described as the most expensive gas station in the world.
Beverly Hills, California
The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.
Hanksville, Utah
At this gas station in the middle of the desert, a convenience store has been carved directly into the rock.
Cloquet, Minnesota
The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.
Los Angeles, California
First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.
Brooklyn, New York
Coney Island’s last surviving haunted ride.
East Hampton, New York
This private island is still in the family after a 400-year history including a witch hunt, a pirate, and multiple wars.
Kasekera, Tanzania
Only reachable by boat, a small Tanzanian national park is home to the chimpanzees that Jane Goodall spent her career studying.
Oslo, Norway
A celebration of Norwegian independence, or public art gone wrong?
Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, France
A historic chapel and a water fountain linked to 60 miracles.
Coral Gables, Florida
This historical swimming pool near Miami is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause sits in the heart of Tulsa.
New York, New York
Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.
Wilson, North Carolina
A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.
Racine, Wisconsin
The spaceship-like theater, which is still in use, was one of the most popular exhibits at the 1964 New York World's Fair.
Oakley, Utah
What's a diner from the 1939 World's Fair doing in a remote Utah mountain town?
Ponderosa, New Mexico
On the edge of the Valles Caldera National Preserve, these rock formations create an eerie landscape.
Moab, Utah
A crack flared at the base provides a pathway completely through a sandstone ridge near Moab.
San Diego, California
Admire a Lilliputian replica of the fast food outlet.
Horse Cave, Kentucky
Once one of the most polluted caves in America, now an environmental success story and a museum dedicated to caves.