Houston, Texas
Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern
A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.
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Houston, Texas
A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.
Zachary, Louisiana
One of the last remaining venues on the Old Chitlin’ Circuit is a kaleidoscopic music hall at the end of a dirt road.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
A museum honoring Oklahoma military service, where you can look into Hitler's mirror and see a Mickey Mouse gas mask.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
This beacon for pre-radar pilots once guided Charles Lindbergh to a safe touchdown in Tulsa.
Leland, Mississippi
A Muppet museum in small-town Mississippi honors the roots of Jim Henson's most beloved creation.
Paris, Arkansas
A large stone map of Arkansas awaits visitors to its highest point.
North Little Rock, Arkansas
The Old Mill shown in the opening credits of “Gone With the Wind” is actually fairly new, and was never a mill at all.
Hot Springs, Arkansas
Two gushing waterfalls of hot spring water within a block of each other.
Hot Springs, Arkansas
This Arkansas town is known for its gangster history, its healing waters, and now its brews.
Irvine, California
Someone really, really wanted to save this fast-food icon from demolition.
Peach Springs, Arizona
In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.
Winslow, Arizona
A working cattle ranch with remarkably well-preserved prehistoric petroglyphs and ancient ruins.
Holbrook, Arizona
See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.
Pie Town, New Mexico
This popular pitstop lives up to its name.
Magdalena, New Mexico
Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.
New Mexico
This towering volcanic plug stands out among the dramatic formations that dot this otherworldly desert valley.
Los Lunas, New Mexico
On the side of a remote mountain, a stone face bearing an inscription of mysterious origin.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Thousands of pieces of art have been carved into the rock at the site of an ancient volcanic eruption.
Sweetwater, Texas
A tribute to the little-known group of women who were the first ever to fly aircraft in the U.S. military.
Sylva, North Carolina
Hidden amid a collection of trails is the site of a tragic crash.
Lake Junaluska, North Carolina
Largest display of Wesleyana anywhere in the world.
Wilmington, Delaware
An award-winning children’s garden enchants visitors at the intersection of natural beauty and fairy tales.
Tabernacle, New Jersey
Rising out of a clearing in New Jersey's Pine Barrens is an Aztec-inspired monument to the "Lindbergh of Mexico."
Barnegat Township, New Jersey
One of the oldest surviving bars in the United States, located at the site of the last skirmish of the American Revolution.