Hatch, New Mexico
Sparky's
A wealth of pop culture statuary and green chile dishes give this roadside restaurant clout.
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Hatch, New Mexico
A wealth of pop culture statuary and green chile dishes give this roadside restaurant clout.
New York, New York
Outstanding taxidermy dioramas showcase the grandeur of the continent's wildlife with spooky realism.
Moab, Utah
The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.
New York, New York
A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."
New York, New York
Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.
New York, New York
Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.
Masada, Israel
This daunting 1st century fortress was purportedly the site of one of the most dramatic revolts of the Jewish-Roman wars.
Bar Harbor, Maine
These light, hollow rolls have been linked to Acadia National Park since the 1890s.
Miami, Florida
The timeworn "Yankee Stadium" of the fastest game in the world isn't going anywhere.
Miami Beach, Florida
12,000 sq. ft. museum tracing erotic art from antiquity to modern times.
St. Petersburg, Florida
Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.
Cleveland, Georgia
A museum and doll store featuring a surreal and super sanitized version of where babies come from.
Columbia, South Carolina
The world's largest fire hydrant is supposedly tornado-proof.
Columbia, South Carolina
This psychedelic tromp l'oeil seems to be beckoning drivers to crash into a wall.
Hamer, South Carolina
I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.
Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.
Asheville, North Carolina
A wonderful display of arts and crafts handmade by local artisans in the Southern Appalachians.
Bryson City, North Carolina
This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.
Centreville, Virginia
Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.
Tiptonville, Kentucky
Kentucky's anomalous peninsula projecting into the Mississippi River, site of legendary earthquakes and local feuds.
Knoxville, Tennessee
Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.
Sweetwater, Tennessee
Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.
Bardstown, Kentucky
The history of whiskey and all of its boozy glory, from Colonial days to modern American cocktail culture.