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Exchange Street

Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth Stockyards

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

Landscape Arch

Moab, Utah

Landscape Arch

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.

The figures have aged to a greenish patina.

Boulder City, Nevada

Winged Figures of the Republic

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

Signage Angel's Ladies

Beatty, Nevada

Angel's Ladies Brothel

A brothel nestled amongst ghost towns, with an abandoned plane wreck to greet you.

The Loneliest Road in America

Austin, Nevada

U.S. Route 50

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

The mailbox, with lots of graffiti from visitors.

Alamo, Nevada

The Black Mailbox

Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.

No Trespassing. Ever.

Groom Lake, Nevada

Area 51

In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.

The Little A'Le'Inn

Alamo, Nevada

Little A'Le'Inn

An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.

Art-o-mat.

Las Vegas, Nevada

Art-o-mat

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

Weird red landscape in the canyon

Las Vegas, Nevada

Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

Seven Magic Mountains at sunset

Sloan, Nevada

Seven Magic Mountains

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

John Brown's Farm

Lake Placid, New York

John Brown's Farm

It wouldn't be long after purchasing this farm, Brown would lead his siege on Harper's Ferry.

Kykuit, the Rockefeller Estate

Sleepy Hollow, New York

Kykuit, the Rockefeller Estate

The home of one of America's most wealthy industrialists is now a historic site that remembers a more decadent time in the country's history.

Headless Horseman Bridge

Sleepy Hollow, New York

Headless Horseman Bridge

The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.

Original bridge across the southern end of Lake Champlain, demolished in 2009

Addison, Vermont

Crown Point Bridge

Lake Champlain Bridge, the recently demolished and rebuilt bridge where they filmed "What Lies Beneath".

Lyndhurst Bowling Alley.

Tarrytown, New York

Lyndhurst Bowling Alley

One of the earliest bowling lanes in the U.S. doubled as a sewing school during a time when women had little job opportunity.

Mons Meg

Edinburgh, Scotland

Mons Meg

A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.

Robert the Bruce (left) and William Wallace (right) stand guard at the gates.

Edinburgh, Scotland

William Wallace and Robert the Bruce Statues

Overlooked by many, the two famous Scottish warriors guard the main gate of Edinburgh Castle.

The fountain.

Edinburgh, Scotland

The Witches' Well

The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.

The highlandman's umbrella.

Glasgow, Scotland

The Highlandman's Umbrella

Displaced highlanders would take shelter from the wet Scottish climate under the large walled bridge at Glasgow Central Station.

The Abandoned Royal Navy Docks

Bermuda

Royal Navy Docks

Once a strategically imperative naval base, portions of this Bermuda dock complex now serve cruise ships.

Somerset Bridge

Bermuda

Somerset Bridge

The world's smallest drawbridge.

Big Island Lava Flow

Pāhoa, Hawaii

Big Island Lava Flow

Watch the newest land on the planet form before your eyes.

Plane Mates at Dulles Airport.

Sterling, Virginia

Dulles Airport Mobile Lounges

These unusual rooms on wheels are holdovers from the 1960s.

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