Fallon, Nevada
The Shoe Tree of Middlegate
A tree bears footwear on the loneliest road in America.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Fallon, Nevada
A tree bears footwear on the loneliest road in America.
Nye County, Nevada
Under the right conditions, rocks will move across this dry lakebed, leaving trails behind them.
Goldfield, Nevada
Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.
Tonopah, Nevada
The farthest you can be in the contiguous U.S. from a McDonald's location.
Sedona, Arizona
The world's only teal arches exist in a city that cares more about its aesthetic than an Instagram influencer.
Heber-Overgaard, Arizona
In 1975, a forestry worker in Arizona claimed to have been abducted by a UFO.
Boston, Massachusetts
The former home of a Boston physician whose murder led to a revolution in forensic science.
Sleepy Hollow, New York
The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.
Lafayette, Colorado
According to local legend, a tree grew from the stake that killed this alleged vampire. In reality, he probably died from influenza.
Gordonsville, Virginia
This Virginia town has been famous for its fried chicken since the 19th century.
Bedford, Virginia
A glimpse into the sacrifices of military members during World War II.
Natural Bridge, Virginia
A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.
Natural Bridge, Virginia
An alternate history park where the Union Army loses the war... to dinosaurs.
Afton, Virginia
A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.
Clover, Virginia
The woman whose immortal cell line continues to shape scientific research was buried near her birthplace in a grave that was left unmarked for nearly 60 years.
Lynchburg, Virginia
A quintet of history museums make this Virginia graveyard as much a resting place for funereal history as it is for people.
Lynchburg, Virginia
A "hospital" where people went to be quarantined, die, and be buried in the yard.
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Chef Lawrence West serves up Indian tacos, wojapi, and other Lakota dishes at the brick-and-mortar incarnation of his popular food truck.
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
This Wild West attraction is alive with glitching automatons.
Kimball, South Dakota
An impressive collection of farm equipment and other artifacts from life on the prairie.
Murdo, South Dakota
The deserted railroad town had a last gasp as a ghost town attraction before being abandoned for good.
Conata, South Dakota
A ghost town now swarming with dozens of prairie dogs.
Spearfish, South Dakota
This geodesic gallery holds a collection of painted spheres that make traditional canvases look lazy by comparison.
Huế, Vietnam
Perhaps the only one of its kind, the nearly-forgotten site once held mortal (and rigged) gladiatorial games between tigers and imperial war elephants.