Highland Park, Illinois
Openlands Lakeshore Preserve
A rare cliffside vantage point of Lake Michigan with an explosive history.
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Highland Park, Illinois
A rare cliffside vantage point of Lake Michigan with an explosive history.
Portland, Oregon
At this airport "microcinema," you can catch a film before you catch a flight.
Tillamook, Oregon
Stepping inside this coffee shop is a journey through time.
Tillamook, Oregon
No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.
Greensboro, North Carolina
This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.
Indianapolis, Indiana
A 30-year-old Sycamore tree grown from a seed taken to the moon and back.
Dubrovnik, Croatia
Gargoyle head that brings good luck.
Asheville, North Carolina
Every week, a festive public jam session breaks out in downtown Asheville.
Asheville, North Carolina
A wonderful display of arts and crafts handmade by local artisans in the Southern Appalachians.
Asheville, North Carolina
The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.
Asheville, North Carolina
This bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.
Alameda, California
After serving in World War II and picking up Apollo astronauts, this aircraft carrier has been turned into a museum overlooking the San Francisco Bay.
Alameda, California
A decommissioned Naval base now rents itself out for people who want to blow stuff up.
Alameda, California
One of the best absinthe distilleries in the United States.
Alameda, California
Antiques by the Bay.
Alameda, California
This (occupied) house is 10 feet wide and full of spite.
Alameda, California
Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.
Lake Lure, North Carolina
Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.
Elsie, Oregon
A logging-themed roadside restaurant surrounded by museum-quality machinery and artifacts from the industry's heyday.
Seaside, Oregon
Where Nor'easters go to die.
Cannon Beach, Oregon
This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.
Cannon Beach, Oregon
A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.
Kapa'a, Hawaii
This former luxury resort in Kaua'i is now an abandoned relic.
Terre Haute, Indiana
In an alley not far from where two great highways meet, byways of a very different sort are honored.