St. Louis, Missouri
City Museum
Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.
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St. Louis, Missouri
Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.
Jensen, Utah
Inside this striking glass building, visitors can see thousands of dinosaur fossils in the positions that nature deposited them more than 150 million years ago.
Castle Valley, Utah
These tall, red sandstone pinnacles outside Moab are often forgotten amid their more famous neighbors.
Moab, Utah
The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.
Halchita, Utah
The location where the iconic movie character declared it was time to go home.
Teec Nos Pos, Utah
The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.
Durango, Colorado
This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.
Shiprock, New Mexico
Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.
Denver, Colorado
A small horde of mythical creatures lurk almost imperceptibly within the museum's wildlife dioramas.
St. Louis, Missouri
The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.
St. Louis, Missouri
What was meant to be a temporary exhibit is now a permanent fixture at the St. Louis Zoo filled with beautiful birds.
Jacksonville, Florida
A sprawling maze of used books piled from floor to ceiling.
Gainesville, Florida
Though illegal, city officials have made an exception for this work of art.
Cabins, West Virginia
Spectacular mineral formations fill these caves, which have been used for everything from smoking meat to stashing illicit liquor.
Green Bank, West Virginia
This rural community has attracted both scientists and techno-refugees due to its federally-mandated lack of technology.
Covington, Virginia
The oldest arched-covered bridge in Virginia has truly withstood the test of time.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
The site of the one and only battle of Lord Dunmore's War.
Gainesville, Florida
A trek through the solar system here on earth.
Hawthorne, Florida
This impeccably preserved farmstead is a time capsule of a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist's life.
Homosassa, Florida
Ruins of an old sugar mill sitting quietly next to a park in rural Florida.
Boynton Beach, Florida
These constructed wetlands naturally filter millions of gallons of treated wastewater every day.
Jacksonville, Florida
Must form and function forever remain at odds? Not if the Florida Department of Transportation has its way.
North Miami Beach, Florida
A gaudy painted elephant stands in memory of south Florida's fallen carnies.