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Jamestown, New York
Robert Jackson Center
This institution pays tribute to an associate justice who protected civil rights and prosecuted Nazis.
42.0985, -79.2377
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis Water Intake Towers
Odd castle-like structures for collecting water sticking out of the Mississippi River.
38.7585, -90.1768
Buffalo, New York
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
This restored house is like a time capsule of the president's unconventional inauguration.
42.9016, -78.8726
Buffalo, New York
Founding Fathers Pub
Sip a beer under the gaze of every U.S. president.
Sponsored By Visit Buffalo
Buffalo, New York
Buffalo City Hall
The seat of Buffalo government is a gorgeous Art Deco palace.
42.8866, -78.8792
Las Vegas, Nevada
Parking Lot Shoeprints
A bizarre example of collective behavior resulted in thousands of shoe prints in Vegas parking lots.
36.1472, -115.1576
Sisters, Oregon
Lost Lake
This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.
44.4340, -121.9052
Sisters, Oregon
Clear Lake
The trunks of 3,000 year-old trees lurk beneath the surface of this crystal clear lake in Oregon.
44.3687, -121.9944
McKenzie Bridge, Oregon
Sahalie Falls
Rushing water plunges over a 100-foot drop created by an ancient lava flow at this majestic waterfall.
44.3491, -122.0060
Rainbow, Oregon
Terwilliger Hot Springs
These natural hot springs form four-tiered soaking pools with temperatures ranging from 85 to 115 degrees Fahrenheit.
44.0831, -122.2384
Eugene, Oregon
Kesey Square
This square in downtown Eugene is dedicated to the novelist and countercultural figure Ken Kesey.
44.0498, -123.0924
Lane County, Oregon
Dee Wright Observatory
While it is not equipped to peer into outer space this observatory looks like it was built on the moon.
44.2318, -121.8680
McKenzie Bridge, Oregon
Proxy Falls
This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.
44.1618, -121.9278
Amargosa Valley, Nevada
Area 51 Alien Center
A cosmic pit stop just beyond the notorious Area 51.
36.6441, -116.3956
Patagonia, Arizona
Marcos de Niza Monument
A remote desert monument marks where a priest and explorer entered what later became Arizona.
31.3391, -110.6274
Fruita, Colorado
Dinosaur Journey Museum
Explore a wealth of fossils in one of the most prolific dig sites in North America.
39.1518, -108.7393
Montrose, Colorado
Ute Ethnobotany Garden at the Ute Indian Museum
This high-desert oasis spotlights some of Colorado’s most sacred native plants.
38.4351, -107.8680
Amargosa Valley, Nevada
Big Bovine of the Desert
This enormous fiberglass cow near Death Valley National Park once graced a casino roof in Las Vegas.
36.4131, -116.4235
Las Vegas, Nevada
Desert National Wildlife Refuge
Improbably, the largest wildlife refuge in the conterminous 48 states sits just northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada.
36.4387, -115.3602
Boston, Massachusetts
The Paul Revere House
The colonial home of Paul Revere during the American Revolution.
42.3637, -71.0563
Annapolis, Maryland
The Maryland Inn
One of America's oldest continuously operating hotels offers a blend of rich history and historic architecture in the heart of Annapolis.
38.9780, -76.4919
Port Tobacco, Maryland
Port Tobacco Schoolhouse
A remarkably well-preserved one room schoolhouse that dates back to 1876.
38.5135, -77.0190
Washington, D.C.
Signers’ Memorial
Engraved in stone on a little Island are the signatures of everyone who signed the Declaration of Independence.
38.8918, -77.0451
Gallup, New Mexico
Historic El Rancho Hotel
John Wayne, Ronald Reagan, and other Hollywood actors have resided in this picturesque Route 66 hotel.
Sponsored By The New Mexico Tourism Department
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