Abiquiu, New Mexico
Echo Amphitheater
Natural sonic phenomenon comes with a grisly legend of murder and blood.
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Abiquiu, New Mexico
Natural sonic phenomenon comes with a grisly legend of murder and blood.
Taos, New Mexico
A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.
Sequoia National Park, California
Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).
Chimney Rock, Colorado
Two tall rocks sit at the center of this site, once the home of a large Ancestral Puebloan community.
Washington, D.C.
‘Bush the old fire dog died of poison July 5th, 1869. RIP.’
Charleston, South Carolina
South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.
Charleston, South Carolina
Thirteen pastel palaces in downtown Charleston add a gorgeous splash of color to the city.
Ouray, Colorado
A glimpse of a waterfall is reached by a steel catwalk along a slot canyon located in an Ouray city park.
Montrose, Colorado
A dangerous narrow-gauge railroad once traced a route through this striking canyon.
Moncton, New Brunswick
A mysterious spot where the laws of gravity seem not to apply.
Lititz, Pennsylvania
Don't get it twisted: This is the oldest pretzel bakery in the United States.
Conche, Newfoundland and Labrador
A small museum in Newfoundland is home to a 227-foot tapestry that preserves the remote region's colorful history.
Twin Falls, Idaho
Where the famed daredevil attempted to launch himself across a canyon in a custom-built rocket.
Arlington, Virginia
At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.
Saint John, New Brunswick
These powerful, if squat, Canadian waterfalls flow in different directions depending on the time of day.
Rapid City, South Dakota
Every president in history is immortalized in bronze in downtown Rapid City.
Torrey, Utah
A striking, menacing sandstone peak towering above a landscape that's equal parts Mordor and the Moon.
Mill Run, Pennsylvania
Frank Lloyd Wright’s most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.
Yavapai County, Arizona
Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.
California
The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.
Inyo County, California
An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.
Fairbanks, Alaska
North America's first frozen mummified remains of an ice age steppe bison, the 36,000 year-old mummy named "Blue Babe."
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This beloved marketplace mascot poops money and grants good luck.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A clone-tree in Washington Square Park sprung from seeds that went to the Moon and back.