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32.0806, -81.0946
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Cody, Wyoming
Buffalo Bill Dam
At the time of its completion, it was the tallest dam in the world.
44.5014, -109.1839
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Sheepeater Cliff
Around half a million years ago, these magnificent columnar basalt cliffs were formed from cooling lava.
44.8913, -110.7298
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Isa Lake
The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
44.4419, -110.7185
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Lone Star Geyser
This Yellowstone geyser may not shoot as high as the nearby Old Faithful, but it erupts for considerably longer.
44.4182, -110.8128
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.
44.5251, -110.8390
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Old Faithful Geyser
One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.
44.4609, -110.8281
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Morning Glory Pool
A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.
44.4750, -110.8436
Franconia, New Hampshire
Old Man of the Mountain Profiler Plaza
A serene plaza that commemorates one of the Granite State's most iconic figures.
44.1656, -71.6787
Savannah, Georgia
The Waving Girl
A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.
32.0799, -81.0842
Columbus, Georgia
Coca Cola Inventor's Grave
Coca Cola may be "the real thing" but its inventor, buried at this Georgia gravesite, called it a "valuable brain tonic."
32.4776, -84.9833
Columbus, Georgia
Lunch Box Museum
A stockpile of childhood lunch pails turned collectibles.
32.4944, -84.9796
Savannah, Georgia
Colonial Park Cemetery
One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.
32.0762, -81.0906
Jekyll Island, Georgia
Driftwood Beach
Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.
31.1034, -81.4040
Beaufort, South Carolina
Haint Blue Porch Ceilings
The Lowcountry color with the power to stop evil from entering a home.
32.4333, -80.6732
Beaufort, South Carolina
Kazoobie Kazoo Museum
This museum gives tribute to the underappreciated "Down-South Submarine."
32.4347, -80.7202
St. Helena Island, South Carolina
Harbor Island Abandoned Houses
Once luxurious, these oceanfront beach homes have been left to succumb to the elements as the beach is slowly washed away.
32.4105, -80.4335
Hamer, South Carolina
South of the Border
I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.
34.4992, -79.3082
St. Helena Island, South Carolina
St. Helena Parish Chapel of Ease Ruins
The remains of a chapel created for convenience.
32.3753, -80.5767
Yemassee, South Carolina
Old Sheldon Church Ruins
Despite being burnt down multiple times, the ruins of this South Carolina church are still standing.
32.6185, -80.7804
Arlington, Virginia
Alexander's Island Border Dispute
The Pentagon sits on a former island that was in Virginia at low tide and D.C. at high tide.
38.8785, -77.0533
Lexington, Virginia
The Skin of Little Sorrel
The hide of Stonewall Jackson's equine sidekick is on display not far from where the ashes of his bones are buried.
37.7893, -79.4389
Williamsburg, Virginia
Chowning’s Tavern
Enjoy dishes that founding fathers once ate at this Colonial Williamsburg pub.
37.2720, -76.6992
Quicksburg, Virginia
American Celebration on Parade
An enormous warehouse filled with parade floats collected from over 50 years of patriotic celebrations.
38.7155, -78.6693
Roanoke, Virginia
Roanoke Star
Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.
37.2508, -79.9328
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