Marfa, Texas
Stardust Motel Sign
This old abandoned sign flickers to announce a motel that isn't even there.
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Marfa, Texas
This old abandoned sign flickers to announce a motel that isn't even there.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.
Eastland, Texas
Legend says the horned lizard spent 31 years sealed in a time capsule before he was discovered alive.
Yellville, Arkansas
The final remnant of the Arkansas zinc industry is this historically protected ghost town.
Dallas, Texas
A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.
Dallas, Texas
This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.
Mineral Wells, Texas
Decaying military base deactivated in the 70s is now visited by urban explorers and military enthusiasts.
Madrid, New Mexico
Home to New Mexico's longest bar, this watering hole also has a mining museum and a haunted history.
Amarillo, Texas
A pair of giant legs paying homage to a poem, a king, and it would seem, socks.
Austin, Texas
One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.
Pecos, New Mexico
Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.
Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Thailand
This elephant kraal is the only one remaining in Thailand, dating back to the 16th century when these massive mammals were integral players in war and trade.
San Kamphaeng, Thailand
Peek into the world of those creating the beautiful, delicate paper parasols found all over the globe.
Las Vegas, Nevada
“Live hard, ride fast, eat pizza” at this joint filled with Evel Knievel memorabilia.
Mineral Wells, Texas
This former Texas landfill is flush with 300 million-year-old fossils, all fit for the taking.
Hot Springs, Arkansas
This historic hotel on Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs National Park has a storied history of gangsters and baseball greats.
Murfreesboro, Arkansas
The remains of the first public diamond mine in Arkansas.
Murfreesboro, Arkansas
The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.
Hugo, Oklahoma
Circus cemetery for all the “showmen under God’s big top.”
Pomona, California
A small medical museum with a recreated doctor's office.
San Francisco, California
Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.
San Francisco, California
A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.
Los Angeles, California
Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.
Denton, Texas
A registered historic landmark shrouded in unsettling local legends.