Palm Springs, California
Trixie Motel
This bright and bubbly Palm Springs hotel was the brainchild of an iconic drag queen.
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Palm Springs, California
This bright and bubbly Palm Springs hotel was the brainchild of an iconic drag queen.
Palm Springs, California
An ancient mineral hot spring sits at the middle of this combination cultural center and spa.
Blanca, Colorado
The worst road in Colorado is the main gateway to some of its highest peaks.
Healy, Alaska
This often-overlooked canyon dazzles and intrigues with its many layers of colors, shapes and odd formations.
St. Charles, Illinois
This horror movie and monster shop is like if a haunted house was a retail store.
Aspen, Colorado
Fill up your senses in this beautiful riverside garden, dedicated to the works of singer-songwriter John Denver.
North Bonneville, Washington
Boats and fish both find their way through this massive hydroelectric structure.
Helen, Washington
The only undammed section of the Columbia River in the United States has been preserved, ironically, by its proximity to the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.
New York, New York
A unique collection of figures perform down the facade of the Gene Frankel Theatre.
Redd, Washington
One of the northernmost occurrences of western juniper can be found in the sand dunes of Washington's Palouse.
Delta Junction, Alaska
An icy behemoth that towers over you with a blue ice cave in the winter and a roaring creek in the summer.
Claremont, California
This public Skyspace created by artist James Turrell for his alma mater puts on a show every day at sunrise and sunset.
New Orleans, Louisiana
In a city famous for its cemeteries, it's no wonder these are easy to overlook—they clock in at just a few inches tall.
Baltimore, Maryland
This small museum celebrates the history of the Ouija board and its connection to the city of Baltimore.
North Rim, Arizona
Hike up to this ancestral grain storage site, but don't touch.
Washington
A narrow fjord-like lake, the third-deepest in the United States, runs for over 50 miles into the Cascades of Washington state.
Henderson, Nevada
Clark County Museum has created an entire street of historically important buildings relocated from various other locations within the county.
Springfield, Missouri
A phone booth that combines public art and climate change awareness.
Portland, Maine
The only museum in the world dedicated to the global, historic, and modern art of beadwork.
Seattle, Washington
Meet me at the most confusing intersection in Seattle.
Stellenbosch, South Africa
A sculpted indigenous garden featuring more than 60 works by Dylan Lewis.
Lindsborg, Kansas
A preserved relic of the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair and a center of Swedish American Culture.
Hagerman, Idaho
An ordinary rancher stumbled upon one of the world’s largest collections of Pliocene horse fossils.
Saint Maries, Idaho
Star garnets are so rare that you can only find them in two places on Earth—here, you can dig for them.