Biloxi, Mississippi
The Jefferson Davis Home and Presidential Library
A historic Civil War estate-turned-museum looks back on the Confederate States of America.
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Staunton, Virginia
American Shakespeare Center's Blackfriars Playhouse
The only recreation of William Shakespeare's indoor playhouse.
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Albuquerque, New Mexico
Musical Highway
If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."
Ponce de Leon, Florida
Vortex Spring
A humid oasis combines recreation with exploration in a unique underwater cavern.
Pensacola, Florida
O’Zone Pizza Pub
A former hospital is now home to a pizza parlor and maybe a few ghosts.
Wendover, Utah
Lucin
This former rail stop in Utah was abandoned, repopulated by some nostalgic friends, and now is home to a single DIY aviator who lives in a hangar.
Elberton, Georgia
Elberton Granite Museum
Home of Dutchy, an exhumed Confederate statue that was once torn down by an angry mob for looking stupid.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Ethyl the Whale
Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Chile Pepper Institute
At this research institute, the chile is king.
Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
La Equis (The X)
A giant "X" symbolizes the blood spilled from the brutal Juárez drug wars.
Ruokolahti, Finland
Kummakivi Balancing Rock
Legend has this precariously placed rock was placed by giants. Science has another explanation.
Austin, Texas
The Texas State Cemetery
A high-octane shrine to the greatest Texans who ever lived.
Gibsonton, Florida
Gibsonton, Florida
The snowbirds here are circus sideshow performers.
