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Esmeralda Bank, in May 2022, after the May 2020 Monte Cristo earthquake.

Columbus, Nevada

Candelaria

This silver-mining camp has been active intermittently from the 1860s to the present.

Prospect Park subway station entrance.

Brooklyn, New York

Site of the Malbone Street Wreck

An out-of-service tunnel and nearby remembrances recall the location of a deadly train crash in the New York City subway.

The Guthrie Center

Great Barrington, Massachusetts

The Guthrie Center

The ex-church that inspired “Alice’s Restaurant” is now a vibrant community center and folk music venue.

Views from the Crag Crest Trail

Cedaredge, Colorado

The Grand Mesa

The world's largest flat-topped mountain.

Building

Woodside, California

The Mountain House

Nestled among towering redwoods on Skyline Boulevard, the Mountain House combines over a century of California history with a warm, rustic atmosphere that makes every meal feel like a getaway.

The Braemar Stone in the Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden

New York, New York

September 11th Garden Braemar Stone

A small piece of Scotland sits in a park in Lower Manhattan.

America's Response Monument-De Oppresso Liber

New York, New York

America’s Response Monument

It memorializes America’s initial military response to the terrorist attacks on our country on September 11, 2001.

Flaming Lips Alley

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Flaming Lips Alley

In Oklahoma City's Bricktown, there's a street that don't use jelly.

The concrete pillar holding the Blarney stone

Shamrock, Texas

Shamrock Blarney Stone

Get your gift of the gab on Route 66.

The U-Drop Inn and Tower Station.

Shamrock, Texas

U-Drop Inn

Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.

Britten's leaning tower in Groom

Groom, Texas

The Leaning Tower of Texas

This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.

Frisco Ghost Town

Frisco, Utah

Frisco Ghost Town

Only ruined buildings and abandoned charcoal kilns remain of this once bustling Wild West boom town.

Pioneer women.

Kearney, Nebraska

The Great Platte River Road Archway Monument

A museum chronicling pioneer life constructed over Interstate 80.

The Walt Disney Hometown Museum, 2008.

Marceline, Missouri

Walt Disney Hometown Museum

A celebration of the animation wizard's childhood home and antique railroad memorabilia collection.

Remains of two-headed creatures

Saint Robert, Missouri

Uranus Sideshow Museum and Fudge Factory

Everything good comes from Uranus

The park officially opened with a lighting ceremony on May 9, 2025.

St. Robert, Missouri

Route 66 Neon Park

Vintage neon signs illuminate highway history.

Sponsored By Visit Missouri
OKKAMO Tri-State Marker

Joplin, Missouri

OKKAMO Tri-State Marker

This monument marks the point where Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri intersect.

Some residents of the nearby ranch

Panorama Point

Roaming bison and a spectacular view at the highest point in Nebraska.

Wyoming side.

Grover, Colorado

Colorado-Nebraska-Wyoming Tri-State Marker

You can stand in three U.S. states at once.

View of the lighthouse.

Saugerties, New York

The Saugerties Lighthouse

An historic lighthouse accessible via a half-mile walk through a nature preserve and freshwater tidal wetlands.

Side view of the vertebra.

Toronto, Ontario

Queen's Quay Whale Vertebra

A massive fossil of unknown origins

The store

Marilla, New York

Marilla Country Store

A general store in rural New York has been selling hardware, candy, and conversation to the same families for 175 years straight.

Cave Rock

Glenbrook, Nevada

Cave Rock

A volcanic spur of Lake Tahoe wrapped in Washoe sacred stories and road tunnels

Looking down from the mill site.  The stone building right on the highway was probably an office.

Goldfield, Nevada

Palmetto

Ruins of this late 19th-century mining camp are right on Nevada State Route 266

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