The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

The formidable fowl can be found standing near an isolated hiking path.

Yup, that's where the name came from.

The Old Mill shown in the opening credits of “Gone With the Wind” is actually fairly new, and was never a mill at all.

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Some of the tallest ancient American ruins continue to inspire awe and curiosity.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

Babe Ruth and others planted saplings for a 1930s tourism campaign. The saplings grew as the area faded.

A brewpub dedicated to unusual artwork in Historic Downtown Panama City.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

The first integrated firehouse in Atlanta houses a museum on the history of desegregation in the city's fire department.

A local dive where religious kitsch, Southern identity, and queer culture collide.

Each solstice, students and astronomy enthusiasts gather at a primitive but functioning sun wheel to witness how humanity first used this calendar.

A monument park dedicated to the influential Beat Generation author and poet, Jack Kerouac.

The two writers famously didn't come to blows over the Oxford comma.

According to legend, Bob Dylan sneaks in twice a year to eat dinner with Jack.

An eight-foot-long pine cone made out of 140 recycled steel shovels is an homage to Maine's state flower.

The only remaining historic maritime signal station in the United States.

This once-forgotten African American cultural hub was an important stop on the Underground Railroad.

A bronze sculpture in the heart of Portland represents Maine’s most defining industry.

One of the largest wooden ships ever built is honored by a steel sculpture evoking her once-superlative scale.

This liminal destination combines creaky carnival rides, a classic car museum, and luck-of-the-draw flea market finds surrounded by dust and drive-in movie screens.