Bluefield, West Virginia
Gary Bowling's House of Art
A once-abandoned school building converted into a fantastical multi-level art installation and haven for Appalachian artists.
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Bluefield, West Virginia
A once-abandoned school building converted into a fantastical multi-level art installation and haven for Appalachian artists.
Westmoreland, Tennessee
This tiny 19th-century tunnel was built so a man could move his cows from one field to another.
Mayfield, Kentucky
Everyone and everything one man ever loved and lost, now stare into the East for all eternity.
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.
Sparta, Tennessee
These early tent-shaped grave coverings are unique to Appalachia.
Pierce City, Missouri
First crafted during the 19th century, the mill was fully restored in 1983.
West Mineral, Kansas
The Bucyrus-Erie model 1850B electric shovel, or "Big Brutus," the largest existing electric shovel in the world.
Wichita, Kansas
A mysterious and terrifying public art goblin seemingly meant to inspire local legend.
Wichita, Kansas
The grandson of a Kiowa chief created what has become the iconic symbol of a city on the Plains.
Wichita, Kansas
A meticulously restored Wichita home designed by the most renowned American architect of the 20th century.
Hutchinson, Kansas
Home to Hollywood history and a very special salt crystal.
Greensburg, Kansas
The United States's largest hand-dug well is topped with a state-of-the-art museum.
Mullinville, Kansas
Metal sculpture folk art lining the Kansas Highway.
Alamosa County, Colorado
A short but powerful waterfall resides amid Colorado’s Great Sand Dunes.
Monticello, Utah
One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.
Hanksville, Utah
A Mars simulation in the southern Utah desert.
Green River, Utah
Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."
Hanksville, Utah
This roadside stop between Goblin Valley and the Henry Mountains is the perfect location to view some of the region's natural wonders.
Cortez, Colorado
A whimsical roadside community of little metal people.
Dolores, Colorado
A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.
San Juan County, Utah
An Ancestral Puebloan ruin that appears to burst into flames in the sunlight.
Hanksville, Utah
This innovative mill was built for a legendary gold mine that never came to be.
Salina, Utah
Where a guard killed nine German prisoners during one of the worst 20th-century POW camp massacres in U.S. history.
Delta, Utah
Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.