Alamogordo, New Mexico
White Sands National Park
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.
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Alamogordo, New Mexico
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.
New Mexico
One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.
Red Feather Lakes, Colorado
One of the largest Buddhist stupas in North America is built of concrete designed to last 1,000 years.
Boulder, Colorado
This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.
Lakewood, Colorado
At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.
Denver, Colorado
A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.
Peach Springs, Arizona
In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.
Riola, Italy
Sitting on an Italian hilltop is this surreal fortress built by the mad inventor of electrohomeopathy.
Florence, Italy
A medieval weapon rumored to have been used by the brilliant poet himself.
New York, New York
More than 250 sakes are available in an izakaya hidden in the basement of a Midtown office building.
New York, New York
This Russian bar-restaurant lies within a three-story underground bathhouse.
San Francisco Mazapa, Mexico
Cool down and fill up after visiting Teotihuacán at this bar and restaurant in a deep, underground cave.
Naucalpan, Mexico
An Aztec snake god has taken the material form of an apartment complex.
Los Angeles, California
Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.
Evergreen, Colorado
The highest paved road in North America winds its way up Mount Blue Sky in Colorado to an altitude of 14,130 feet above sea level.
Lakewood, Colorado
Rather than a run-of-the-mill franchise hotel, this lodging has been decked out in dinosaur decor.
Alexandria, Virginia
Taste the white whiskey that the United States' first president once distilled and enjoyed.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
A beautiful oddities shop crammed with strange and morbid curiosities.
Asheville, North Carolina
This bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.
Deerfield, Massachusetts
This roadside attraction attracts kids with dinosaurs before blindsiding them with geology.
Warminster, England
The longest hedge maze in the world.
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.