Goleta, California
Barnsdall-Rio Grande Gas Station
This little gem of Spanish Colonial architecture has been abandoned since the 1950s.
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Goleta, California
This little gem of Spanish Colonial architecture has been abandoned since the 1950s.
Carpinteria, California
Its vast collection details the history of this Santa Barbara beach town.
Kenansville, Florida
It's believed Elvis Presley was inspired to write his breakthrough track after staying here.
Titusville, Florida
A building so large that it has its own weather.
Lake Wales, Florida
Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.
Havre, Montana
After Havre burned down, the best place to build was under the ashes.
Bozeman, Montana
See the computer’s history revealed over the course of 20,000 years.
Butte, Montana
The oldest continuously-operating Chinese restaurant in the United States has been in business since 1911.
Rangely, Colorado
Metal water storage tank turned ethereal concert hall.
Red Feather Lakes, Colorado
A collection of fading fantasy tchotchkes lines this dirt road in the Colorado wilderness.
Genoa, Colorado
See six states from the newly restored 100-year-old historic roadside attraction.
Golden, Colorado
"All Mountains - All The Time."
Taos Ski Valley, New Mexico
For 60 years, skiers have calmed their nerves with cocktails hidden along these slopes.
Green River, Wyoming
This UFO landing strip was created by a charitable Wyoming city that was worried about residents of Jupiter.
Cisco, Utah
Within the former ghost town of Cisco is a carefully restored tiny town with one resident and its own art residency.
Antonito, Colorado
Gleaming self-built castle towers made from beer cans and inspired by "Vitamin Mary Jane."
Trinidad, Colorado
A roadside attraction filled with an astounding array of gloriously wacky vehicles.
La Junta, Colorado
Once a lonely sentinel on the edge of the Great Plains, this rebuilt trading fort offers a glimpse of life on the Santa Fe Trail.
Rawlins, Wyoming
This prison-turned-museum is a remnant of the Old West's grizzly, violent past.
Medicine Bow, Wyoming
A century-old cabin off of Highway 30 touts an unusual construction material: dinosaur bones.
Cheyenne, Wyoming
The only retired U.S. nuclear missile silo that is open to the public.
Pueblo, Colorado
A mental health hospital dating back more than 139 years, now features a museum.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
A lively annual event in which thousands of people race to push coffins heavy with bodies up a hill.
Bellvue, Colorado
The wreckage of a World War II bomber is hidden high in the Colorado wilderness.