Johnson City, New York
Carousel Capital of the World
The Binghamton area is home to six of the last remaining hand-carved vintage carousels.
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Johnson City, New York
The Binghamton area is home to six of the last remaining hand-carved vintage carousels.
Bedford, Pennsylvania
This titanic java kettle is one of the many kitschy landmarks located along America's OTHER famous highway.
Bedford, Pennsylvania
This Art Deco service station has been providing tune-ups and turning heads for close to a century.
Cumberland, Maryland
This one-room cabin where the young colonel slept during the French and Indian War.
Van Buren, Missouri
Often referred to as the largest spring in America.
Cairo, Illinois
A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.
Cairo, Illinois
The lowest point in the state of Illinois, at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.
Mansfield, Missouri
Where the author wrote her beloved "Little House" books.
Carthage, Missouri
An adorably sweet display of sculpted Precious Moments figurines.
Springfield, Missouri
A 35-foot-tall fork stuck in the ground outside an office building in Missouri.
Garden City, Kansas
The 55-pound trichobezoar was removed from the stomach of a cow.
Alamosa, Colorado
When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.
Dolores, Colorado
A boulder so big and tough, they had to turn it into a landmark.
Hanksville, Utah
At this gas station in the middle of the desert, a convenience store has been carved directly into the rock.
Torrey, Utah
A striking, menacing sandstone peak towering above a landscape that's equal parts Mordor and the Moon.
Hanksville, Utah
This outsider art paradise is filled with dinosaur sculptures crafted from recycled machinery.
Richfield, Utah
One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.
Baker, Nevada
A whimsical, punny collection of "fence art" outside the tiny mountain town of Baker, Nevada.
Baker, Nevada
This ancient village provides insight into the complexity of the pre-Columbian Fremont Culture.
Baker, Nevada
This crumbling stump is all that remains of what was once thought to be the oldest living organism.
Ely, Nevada
Welcome to a feel-good American drugstore, in the classic sense of the term.
Eureka, Nevada
The current Eureka County Courthouse replaced an all-wooden structure that had previously been an ice-skating rink.
Austin, Nevada
This rest area is also home to a remarkable petroglyph site.
Austin, Nevada
This railroad magnate's 19th century tower is more than a little bit out of place in the Nevada desert.