Bloomington, Minnesota
The Mall of America
Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Moab, Utah
Hole N" the Rock
A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.
Leadville, Colorado
Tabor Opera House
In the 1950s, two women saved this grand theater in the Colorado mountains from demolition.
Alamosa, Colorado
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.
Florissant, Colorado
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
The largest source of fossilized insects anywhere.
U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado
Cadet Chapel
Air Force Academy Chapel made of 100 identical tetrahedrons works to inspire those of all religions.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Garden of the Gods
Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
Manitou Springs Penny Arcade
While most of the games in this arcade take quarters, that would have been a small fortune when they were made.
Cañon City, Colorado
Royal Gorge Bridge
The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
Chichen Itza Chirp
Clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and the song of a sacred Mayan bird will echo through the air.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
El Caracol
No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.
San Francisco, California
'World Sources of Food'
A four paneled, brightly multicolored mosaic adorns the side of this popular grocery store.
San Francisco, California
Alcatraz Island
In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.
San Francisco, California
Palace of Fine Arts
The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.
Amarillo, Texas
Cadillac Ranch
A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Palace of the Governors
The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
La Conquistadora, Our Lady of Conquering Love
A small side chapel in Santa Fe's basilica is home to the oldest statute of the Virgin Mary in North America.
Kingman, Arizona
Hackberry General Store
Don't blink or you'll miss it.
Kingman, Arizona
'Giganticus Headicus'
A tribute to the statues of Easter Island along Route 66.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Grand Prismatic Spring
The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Morning Glory Pool
A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Old Faithful Geyser
One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.
Devils Tower, Wyoming
Devils Tower
The first declared National Monument in the United States.
Wall, South Dakota
Wall Drug
The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.
