Durham, North Carolina
Black Wall Street Durham
Born from segregation and exclusion, Durham’s Black Wall Street is now a living reminder of the city’s past
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Antonito, Colorado
El Santuario de los Pobladores
Colorado's oldest church is now home to the largest handmade adobe labyrinth in the world.
Alamosa County, Colorado
Zapata Falls
A short but powerful waterfall resides amid Colorado’s Great Sand Dunes.
Toad River, British Columbia
Alaska Highway Hat Collection
At a lodge and RV park is a collection of headwear that comes in at more than 11,300 and counting.
Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska
Denali
The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.
Alaska
Arctic Circle Monument Sign
The stickered marker pinpoints where the only maintained road in the United States crosses into the polar region.
Coldfoot, Alaska
Coldfoot Camp
The northernmost truck stop in the United States.
Fairbanks, Alaska
Haul Road (Dalton Highway)
This gravelly, dangerous highway is the only road in the United States that leads to the Arctic Ocean.
Prudhoe Bay, Alaska
Brooks Range Supply
This general store is a one-stop-shop for workers at the Prudhoe Bay oil field.
Inuvik Region, Northwest Territories
The Tuktoyaktuk Pingos
Natural earth mounds formed in the far north.
Estes Park, Colorado
Frozen Dead Guy Days
An annual festival celebrating Colorado's most famous frozen corpse.
Hill AFB, Utah
SR-71C Blackbird
The last SR-71 ever constructed.
Washington, D.C.
The Mutilated Currency Division
An obscure public service from the U.S. government that redeems burnt, moldy, and soiled old greenbacks.
Morrison, Colorado
Tiny Town and Railroad
Travel through the wholesome amusements of yesteryear at this charming miniature village.
Lakewood, Colorado
Denver’s Dinosaur Hotel
Rather than a run-of-the-mill franchise hotel, this lodging has been decked out in dinosaur decor.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Old Gold Camp Road Tunnels
The haunted reputation of these abandoned Colorado train tunnels is probably not helped by the terrifying spiked fence.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Starr Kempf's Kinetic Sculptures
The moving metal works of one troubled artist can still be viewed on his front lawn... for now.
Littlefield, Arizona
Pumpkin Spring Pool
An arsenic-filled pool in the Grand Canyon takes on the appearance of a giant, overflowing pumpkin.
Supai, Arizona
Havasupai Falls
This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.
Arizona
Squirrels of the Kaibab Plateau
These elusive, isolated rodents evolved into a distinct, locally iconic subspecies.
Washington, D.C.
Russian Ambassador's Residence
Was there a small "backpack nuke" hidden in the attic? JFK apparently thought so.
Washington, D.C.
The Preamble in License Plates
The preamble to the U.S. Constitution written entirely from vanity license plates hangs in the Smithsonian museum.
Washington, D.C.
Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum
Before founding the American Red Cross, Clara Barton had a tremendous humanitarian impact by locating thousands of missing soldiers.
Baltimore, Maryland
Fell Family Cemetery
Wedged between two sets of row houses is an awkwardly located family graveyard.
