Chicago, Illinois
Flat Iron Building
Not to be confused with the iconic New York City skyscraper, this Chicago building is a vibrant hub for artists.
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Chicago, Illinois
Not to be confused with the iconic New York City skyscraper, this Chicago building is a vibrant hub for artists.
Oak Park, Illinois
The famous author's birthplace is preserved in a town that he once described as narrow-minded.
Chicago, Illinois
The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.
Chicago, Illinois
This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.
Chicago, Illinois
A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.
Cairo, Illinois
A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.
Chicago, Illinois
What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.
Chicago, Illinois
This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.
Boise, Idaho
Boise State's stadium was the first non-green football field in the world.
Savannah, Georgia
An eerie smiling woman looms above the granite tombstones.
Ashburn, Georgia
A massive tribute to this small county's top agricultural product.
Thomasville, Georgia
A beautifully detailed Victorian house designed to be easy to flee, built by a man haunted by fire.
Plains, Georgia
This 13-foot smiling peanut in Georgia helped Jimmy Carter win the 1976 presidential election.
Lilburn, Georgia
This intricate Hindu temple is the largest of its kind outside of India itself and was constructed like a giant puzzle.
Crawfordville, Florida
One of the world’s largest and deepest freshwater springs, where mastodons once roamed.
Key Biscayne, Florida
Located within a historic park, the beacon is the oldest standing structure in Miami.
Key Biscayne, Florida
An abandoned water sports stadium that has become a haven for graffiti and decay.
Breckenridge, Colorado
Each year, teams of the world's best snow sculptors have 65 hours to create frozen masterpieces.
Cañon City, Colorado
This razorback ridgeline has doubled as a scenic drive since the early 1900s.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
These faux-cliff dwellings allow visitors to climb around on a replica archaeological site.
Cripple Creek, Colorado
This Colorado hiking trail provides a small gold mine of abandoned gold mines.
Cañon City, Colorado
The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.
Dothan, Alabama
Dothan, Alabama has been invaded by scores of anthropomorphic peanuts.
Hutchinson, Kansas
The world’s largest combined collection of U.S. and Russian aircraft got its start in a poultry building.