Benson, Arizona
Kartchner Caverns
Limestone caves with spectacular showcase chambers.
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Benson, Arizona
Limestone caves with spectacular showcase chambers.
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.
Page, Arizona
A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.
Kayenta, Arizona
Hidden inside this Arizona fast food franchise is an in-depth exhibit on the famed WWII counterintelligence program.
Amado, Arizona
This giant steer-skull edifice refuses to die.
Groom, Texas
This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.
Cuba, Missouri
The world's second largest rocking chair is found on Route 66 in Cuba... Missouri.
Green Bank, West Virginia
The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.
Cass, West Virginia
Take a steam-powered ride straight out of the past on this Appalachian rail line.
St. Charles, Missouri
Entombed in this strange, white stone hill are the deadly remains of radioactive weapons production.
Sappington, Missouri
Giant works of art interspersed throughout meadows and woodlands offer a new discovery at every turn.
San Francisco, California
This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.
San Francisco, California
The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.
Solvang, California
Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.
Santa Cruz, California
A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.
San Francisco, California
A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.
San Francisco, California
One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.
Flagstaff, Arizona
The final resting place of the businessman-turned-astronomer who helped discover Pluto stands near his observatory.
Winslow, Arizona
The story of Two Guns, Arizona could easily be described as a Shakespearian tragedy on Route 66.
Yarnell, Arizona
The stone circle honors the 19 firemen who perished during the Yarnell Hill Fire.
Chandler, Arizona
A $100,000 tumbleweed decorates an Arizona park and ride that got its priorities a bit tangled.
Black Canyon City, Arizona
Every year, festive decorations appear on this juniper tree located in the median strip of a busy highway.
Roosevelt, Arizona
This 40-room dwelling tucked within a cliff was built by the basin's prehistoric residents.