Mackinac Island, Michigan
Mackinac Island
Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.
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Mackinac Island, Michigan
Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.
Keyes, Colorado
This marker identifies the location where three states converge.
Golden, Colorado
The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.
Shandon, California
A remote crossroads honoring a fallen talent.
Panamint, California
The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.
Los Angeles, California
Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.
Los Angeles, California
This 'Murder House' grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.
Parker, Arizona
This huge dam across the Colorado River caused an armed standoff between two U.S. states.
Clifton, Arizona
This Old West prison built into the side of a cliff was said to be inescapable.
Brooklyn, New York
One of the few Glatt kosher delis in the United States is a cornerstone of its Hasidic neighborhood.
San Diego, California
North America's largest accredited model railroad museum.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.
Québec City, Québec
This steep cable railway has been hoisting passengers in the heart of Québec City for over a century.
Victoria, British Columbia
A famous hotel houses an impression collection of mini dioramas and giant doll houses.
Clark County, Nevada
The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.
Farmington, New Mexico
Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.
Carbon County, Utah
Here, at the “world’s longest art gallery,” you’ll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.
Cañon City, Colorado
The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.
Dolores, Colorado
A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.
Yavapai County, Arizona
Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.
Beatty, Nevada
Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.
Yosemite National Park, California
Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.
Page, Arizona
A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.