Sedona, Arizona
Teal McDonald's Arches
The world's only teal arches exist in a city that cares more about its aesthetic than an Instagram influencer.
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Sedona, Arizona
The world's only teal arches exist in a city that cares more about its aesthetic than an Instagram influencer.
Yavapai County, Arizona
Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.
Honolulu, Hawaii
These gardens celebrate the biological and cultural diversity of the Hawai‘ian Islands.
Honolulu, Hawaii
Hawaii’s largest cemetery rests inside an extinct volcano crater.
Honolulu, Hawaii
A glass display case holds the document that ended the Second World War—which one person signed on the wrong line.
Honolulu, Hawaii
Climbing this abandoned railway leads to breathtaking vistas of O‘ahu.
Wahiawa, Hawaii
Race through the maze, get your name on the sign.
Honolulu County, Hawaii
Taste rums made with heirloom sugarcane on the distillery's own estate.
Hawaii
This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.
Hilo, Hawaii
This legendary urban waterfall creates a dazzling display of rainbows.
Washington, D.C.
A striking memorial to the 21 lives lost in an explosion at the Washington Arsenal
Washington, D.C.
The privately owned cemetery that holds room for Washington's finest when they step down from life.
Wickenburg, Arizona
Opinions differ as to whether this Arizona tree was actually used as a Wild West jail, but that hasn't stopped the town from capitalizing on it.
Jackson, Mississippi
Built by prisoners of war, the largest small-scale model ever built includes eight miles of tiny streams that now sit abandoned.
Delta, Louisiana
The ill-fated plan to reroute the Mississippi so that Union ships could bypass Confederate fortifications on the river bend.
Las Cruces, New Mexico
This 47-foot chile pepper sculpture welcomes Scoville heat unit obsessed tourists to the Big Chile Inn.
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
A surprise blip of color and kitsch.
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.
Black Canyon City, Arizona
Every year, festive decorations appear on this juniper tree located in the median strip of a busy highway.
Williamsburg, Virginia
Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.
Alexandria, Virginia
A superbly preserved example of Georgian residential architecture that was once home to one of the founders of Alexandria, Virginia.
Fort Stockton, Texas
The second largest roadrunner in the world stands 11 feet tall in his West Texas town.
Washington, D.C.
An overlooked oasis of quiet on the grounds of Washington's monumental basilica.
Washington, D.C.
Largest Roman Catholic church in North America.