Arcadia, Oklahoma
Pops
The future of roadside attractions is this sci-fi soda mecca that is home to a 66-foot tall neon pop bottle.
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Arcadia, Oklahoma
The future of roadside attractions is this sci-fi soda mecca that is home to a 66-foot tall neon pop bottle.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
This grand stone tower was dedicated to a famed American humorist almost by coincidence.
Moab, Utah
The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.
Monticello, Utah
Oddly shaped rock formation, misassociated with a nearby utopian community.
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.
Put-in-Bay, Ohio
The world's tallest doric column is this Ohio monument to a naval victory in the War of 1812.
Bellefontaine, Ohio
In this relatively flat state the highest point is an honored place.
Versailles, Ohio
The final resting place of the most famous sharpshooter.
Dayton, Ohio
Giant trolls run this farm!
Terlingua, Texas
An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.
Marfa, Texas
Twelve decommissioned shipping containers evoke a reclining person in Marfa, Texas.
Odessa, Texas
A collection of massive stacked rocks in Texas includes a snarky note on the benefits of modern technology.
Marfa, Texas
Larger-than-life cut-out murals of James Dean and Elizabeth Taylor, dedicated to their 1956 film ‘Giant.’
Cincinnati, Ohio
What is it about mushrooms that makes people wish they lived inside of them?
Alamogordo, New Mexico
This is one really big nut.
Canyon, Texas
The Grand Canyon of Texas.
Dayton, Ohio
The world's first aircraft factory has been hiding inside an automobile plant for almost 80 years.
El Prado, New Mexico
These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.
Arroyo Hondo, New Mexico
Secluded springs in the Rio Grande Gorge offer hot bathing beside the haunted ruins of a stagecoach stop.
Alpine, Texas
A group of college students hauled a desk up a mountain more than 40 years ago. The notebooks inside have become a makeshift time capsule.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Thousands of pieces of art have been carved into the rock at the site of an ancient volcanic eruption.