Santa Fe, New Mexico
Loretto Chapel
Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.
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Santa Fe, New Mexico
Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.
Catoosa, Oklahoma
Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.
Winslow, Arizona
This Route 66 classic sports a giant fiberglass rabbit that you can ride.
Amboy, California
A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.
Chicago, Illinois
The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.
Holbrook, Arizona
A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.
Yermo, California
A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.
New York, New York
This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.
Taos, New Mexico
A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.
Los Angeles, California
After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.
Clark County, Nevada
The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.
New York, New York
A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.
Santa Rosa, New Mexico
A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.
Holbrook, Arizona
See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.
Amboy, California
The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.
Winslow, Arizona
This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."
Los Angeles, California
Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.
Los Angeles, California
Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.
Calhan, Colorado
Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.
New York, New York
Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.
New York, New York
Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
Clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and the song of a sacred Mayan bird will echo through the air.
Palenque, Mexico
An elaborate Mayan city shrouded in alien conspiracy revealed the tomb of Pacal the Great.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.