Albuquerque, New Mexico
The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.
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Albuquerque, New Mexico
The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.
San Juan Capistrano, California
Oldest building in California still in use.
Torrance, California
This Chinese art gallery is hidden inside the Sunrider Corporation headquarters.
Los Angeles, California
This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.
Inglewood, California
A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.
Manhattan Beach, California
The sun acts as a key that only fits this giant keyhole twice a year.
Decatur, Georgia
An unusual art exhibition in a suburban yard is designed to awaken the souls of those flowing by.
Atlanta, Georgia
An underground magnet for ever-changing street art.
Atlanta, Georgia
No passport is required to eat around the world at this elegant restaurant.
Atlanta, Georgia
Scattered around Atlanta are little doors with big charm.
Lilburn, Georgia
This intricate Hindu temple is the largest of its kind outside of India itself and was constructed like a giant puzzle.
Columbia, South Carolina
This psychedelic tromp l'oeil seems to be beckoning drivers to crash into a wall.
Franklin, North Carolina
Step past the gas pumps and into a fine French bistro.
Natural Bridge, Virginia
A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.
Fayetteville, West Virginia
An abandoned coal mine reached by a steep hike.
Middlesboro, Kentucky
Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia meet at this point in the Cumberland Gap.
Bentonville, Arkansas
A home designed to be on the cutting edge of comfortable, low-cost living.
Pioneer, Louisiana
This ancient settlement contains some of the largest earthen mounds in North America.
Memphis, Tennessee
Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.
Paris, Arkansas
A large stone map of Arkansas awaits visitors to its highest point.
Iron Township, Missouri
Giant granite rocks standing end-to-end like a train of circus elephants.
Ironton, Missouri
In the St. Francois Mountains in the Ozarks at 1,772 feet above sea level, Taum Sauk Mountain is the highest (and possibly oldest) peak in Missouri.
Sappington, Missouri
Giant works of art interspersed throughout meadows and woodlands offer a new discovery at every turn.
Madrid, Spain
The only urban monument in the world designed by the great surrealist painter Salvador Dalí.