Sierra Vista, Arizona
World's First McDonald's Drive Thru
Out of a desire to feed hungry soldiers, a franchise-altering idea was born.
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Sierra Vista, Arizona
Out of a desire to feed hungry soldiers, a franchise-altering idea was born.
Circleville, Ohio
Circleville is seriously smitten with this giant gourd.
Norfolk, Virginia
An 83-foot tall granite obelisk honors the legacy of Dr. King in the heart of Norfolk's Black community.
Taos, New Mexico
Three witches are said to be buried beneath these unmarked concrete graves.
Leesburg, Virginia
The hulking remains of the Leesburg Lime Company Kiln lie dormant behind a historical marker close to the W&OD trail.
Mantua, Italy
An expansive collection of vehicles and other paraphernalia marking the history of firefighting.
Mexico City, Mexico
A small building that loosely resembles a tooth is appropriately used as a dentist office.
Nye County, Nevada
Under the right conditions, rocks will move across this dry lakebed, leaving trails behind them.
Las Cruces, New Mexico
This 47-foot chile pepper sculpture welcomes Scoville heat unit obsessed tourists to the Big Chile Inn.
Santuario di Caravaggio, Italy
An underground passage is home to a guillotine that predates the French Revolution by more than two centuries.
Glenn Dale, Maryland
A historic Maryland home that once belonged to a man who has been called "the most insignificant" U.S. Supreme Court justice.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A tragic mystery left this boy nameless for 65 years.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
The largest cattle market on earth holds live auctions open to the public every week.
Derby, England
A public art project to commemorate a tumultuous period in Derby's history.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
A crew of die-hard train buffs spent decades turning a defunct stretch of railway in Oklahoma City into a museum now home to over 50 antique and restored trains.
Sherborn, Massachusetts
Dedicated to a local cow who escaped a slaughterhouse and became an international symbol of peace.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
After being abandoned for decades, Oklahoma’s first air-conditioned theatre was reborn in the new century.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
The largest single-building tribal cultural center in the U.S. is an expansive museum in Oklahoma City.
Sioux City, Iowa
America's first National Historic Landmark is a 100-foot tall obelisk and gravesite dedicated to the only casualty of the Lewis & Clark Expedition.
Jacksonville, Florida
The last standing silent film studio in Jacksonville is the last remnant of the city's once-thriving movie industry.
Las Cruces, New Mexico
The entire history of the U.S. Space Shuttle Program is painted on an enormous roadside water tank.
San Francisco, California
Part mural and part sculpture, this work of art sits in the middle of the Promenade, as if swimming in a river of asphalt towards the ocean.
Veerampattinam, India
The best-preserved Roman site in India.
Velha Goa, India
This 16th-century hilltop chapel is one of the oldest churches in Old Goa.