Boulder City, Nevada
Hoover Dam Geodetic Survey Markers
These markers are used to document elevation changes around the famed dam.
Places I've been
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Boulder City, Nevada
These markers are used to document elevation changes around the famed dam.
Lake Havasu City, Arizona
This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.
Poulsbo, Washington
The small town of Poulsbo in Washington state is the next best thing to the Kingdom of Norway.
St. Marys, Georgia
Interactive modern and vintage submarine equipment, World War II relics, and submarine attire.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
Astoria, Oregon
A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.
Boulder City, Nevada
Experience a charming 1930s version of "infotainment."
Boulder City, Nevada
A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.
Roswell, New Mexico
A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.
Canyon, Texas
The Grand Canyon of Texas.
Amarillo, Texas
A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.
Alaska
The stickered marker pinpoints where the only maintained road in the United States crosses into the polar region.
Fairbanks, Alaska
This mile marker stands at the unofficial end of a highway built to defend the United States from a Japanese invasion during World War II.
North Pole, Alaska
A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.
Inyo County, California
"Only the devil could play golf here."
Fort Worth, Texas
Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.
Fort Worth, Texas
The "world’s largest honky-tonk" also has its own indoor rodeo arena.
Murfreesboro, Arkansas
The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.
Mackinac Island, Michigan
Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.
Williamstown, Kentucky
A theme park featuring a replica of Noah's Ark built to the measurements specified in the Bible.
Custer, South Dakota
The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.
Baddeck, Nova Scotia
This Canadian monument to the man who invented the telephone allows visitors to get up close and personal with the artifacts of his life.
Key West, Florida
A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.
Key West, Florida
An idyllic swimming pool tells the tale of Hemingway's trouble with women.