Corolla, North Carolina
Currituck Beach Lighthouse
Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.
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Corolla, North Carolina
Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Each of these 87 large stones has a unique message. Together, they form part of the Minnesota Military Family Tribute.
Rochester, Minnesota
This water tower has been a staple of the Rochester skyline since 1931.
La Crosse, Wisconsin
This downtown statue pays tribute to the Native American game that gave the city of La Crosse its name.
La Crosse, Wisconsin
Giant six-pack could provide one person a six-pack a day for 3,351 years.
Franklin, North Carolina
Step past the gas pumps and into a fine French bistro.
Lansing, West Virginia
In West Virginia, you can walk across the longest single-arch bridge in the Western Hemisphere.
Fayetteville, West Virginia
An abandoned coal mine reached by a steep hike.
Morgantown, West Virginia
The actor best known for slapstick comedy is memorialized in his home town.
Oak Hill, West Virginia
A humble plaque marks the site where the country music legend was found dead in his Cadillac.
Thurmond, West Virginia
Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.
Fayetteville, West Virginia
One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.
Springfield, Illinois
This diner serves Route 66 nostalgia and what it claims is the 'original' hot dog on a stick.
Indianapolis, Indiana
A 30-year-old Sycamore tree grown from a seed taken to the moon and back.
Robbinsville, North Carolina
Marvel at 400-year-old trees in one of the last remaining old-growth Appalachian forests.
Atlanta, Georgia
Two Civil War-era cemeteries stuck between runways at the world's busiest airport.
Atlanta, Georgia
Unruly residents were housed in this one-person cell until the Black Maria arrived.
Miami, Florida
Former villa and estate of James Deering developed to preserve native tropical forests.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
When you can't get to the Pacific, just go to Florida.
Quepos, Costa Rica
The sister plane of the C-123 shot down during the Iran-Contra Affair has found a new purpose in retirement.
Zarcero, Costa Rica
This Costa Rican topiary park is a surreal garden of unearthly delights.
Durham, North Carolina
The birthplace of a tobacco empire.
Angier, North Carolina
A lovingly created and maintained collection of decorative gourd art.
Arlington, Virginia
At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.