Tofino, British Columbia
Canso Bomber Crash Site
The wreckage still sits at the exact spot the plane crash-landed in 1945, carrying 1,000 pounds of explosives.
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Tofino, British Columbia
The wreckage still sits at the exact spot the plane crash-landed in 1945, carrying 1,000 pounds of explosives.
Drumheller, Alberta
Hoodoos, naturally eroded land formations, stand 20 feet tall in the Canadian Badlands.
Vancouver, British Columbia
Surprisingly delicious Asian-style hot dogs.
Vancouver, British Columbia
A pixel art killer whale is frozen mid-leap in this Vancouver square.
Hill AFB, Utah
The last SR-71 ever constructed.
Corbin, Kentucky
The first KFC is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Quincy, Massachusetts
This small shop walked so America could run on Dunkin'.
Wichita, Kansas
The first "Hut" was actually a small brick building.
San Bernardino, California
The Route 66 institution that inspired Taco Bell also served as an important headquarters for Mexican-American social movements.
San Bernardino, California
This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.
District of Columbia
The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.
Barbados
A giant gun barrel in Barbados that once hoped to shoot outer space with science.
Tucson, Arizona
Make a wish at what might be America's only Catholic shrine to a sinner.
Tucson, Arizona
This scrap yard doubles as a naive art gallery full of found art and farm animals.
Tucson, Arizona
This collection of neon icons is preserving Arizona's history, one sign at a time.
Seattle, Washington
An ice cream parlor chain that caters to vegans and pinball fans equally.
Prosser, Washington
The strange phenomenon causing gravity to "work backwards" on this hill has been blamed on the paranormal.
Seattle, Washington
This Seattle joint serves food inside an old train car once used by FDR.
Seattle, Washington
Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.
Goldendale, Washington
A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.
Port Orchard, Washington
A little piece of the Shire is hidden behind a plant nursery in Port Orchard, Washington.
Seattle, Washington
Couple's personal collection of pinball machines turned public pinball museum.
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada's accused-traitor-turned-folk-hero is buried under a red stone in a ring of his own.
Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba
The ruined remains of an early hydroelectric dam.