Walcott, Iowa
Iowa 80 Truck Stop
The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.
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Walcott, Iowa
The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.
Galena, Illinois
The oldest operating hotel in Illinois enjoys a historic (and some say haunted) past.
Dyersville, Iowa
A pop-culture attraction outside of Dyersville, Iowa, hits a home run.
Atlanta, Georgia
The home of a 19th-century author who brought African-American folktales to the mainstream is now Atlanta’s oldest house museum.
Bloomington, Indiana
It's a unique monument honoring a great character who inspired a generation of young women to be more and pursue their dreams.
Cameron, Arizona
More than a century old, this trading post resides in the Navajo Nation.
Sedona, Arizona
The world's only teal arches exist in a city that cares more about its aesthetic than an Instagram influencer.
Camp Verde, Arizona
This oversized flute-playing Ancestral Puebloan deity is also a landmark of Southwestern kitsch.
Sedona, Arizona
A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.
Grafton, West Virginia
A beautiful hidden gem in central West Virginia.
Sutton, West Virginia
A museum dedicated to the legend of Bigfoot in the Appalachian Mountains.
Sutton, West Virginia
In 1952, a strange encounter in the woods of West Virginia led to the legend of a 10-foot-tall monster with glowing eyes and a distinctive style.
Kelleys Island, Ohio
These beautiful wineries were at the center of Lake Erie's "grape belt" back when the Midwest dominated American wine production.
Kelleys Island, Ohio
Deep scars on the earth left by the Ice Age.
Richfield, Ohio
This unique piece of land is home to a patented artificial lake and the remains of an old Girl Scout camp.
Fairfield, Ohio
An unusual, super-sized grocery adventure awaits in an Ohio suburb.
Hamilton, Ohio
A memorial for an outsider theorist who believed that the planet is actually hollow.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Found art has transformed this Pittsburgh neighborhood into a psychedelic dream.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
A giant ball made from pieces of an old Jeep.
Kecksburg, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania's own Roswell-style UFO mystery.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The only way to see Pittsburgh is from the top of this lookout point, just like the ancient members of the native peoples did.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!
Johnstown, Pennsylvania
This cast-iron canine is a beloved icon among the people of Johnstown and ice hockey fans everywhere.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.