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Visitors are welcome to enter this lush Key West sanctuary to entertain its plethora of rescued parrots.

Former sea turtle kraals, slaughterhouse, and cannery turned museum.

This unassuming layer of clay boasts an out-of-this-world origin story.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

The Milburn-Price Culture Museum in Vega offers a brand-name oversized cultural attraction.

The top of a giant mesa, just outside of Amarillo, appears to float in the sky above.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.

Whether or not you take the 72-ounce steak challenge, there’s plenty of history, fun and Texas-style food at this legendary stop along Route 66.

The only nuclear weapon assembly and disassembly plant in the U.S.

An Oklahoma museum that celebrates the history of the "Mother Road."

This lighthouse has been guiding shipping into the Golden Gate since before the American Civil War.

One man's love of natural beauty led to the creation of this hidden granite monument.

Frank Lloyd Wright died a year before construction on his largest public project even began.

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

The largest collection of political commercials in the world.

A serene temple with stunning stained glass hides in downtown Dallas.

Not truly a ship nor a building, the Navy's first and last "landship" is now abandoned due to clerical issues.

A magnificent, reportedly haunted mansion built for a composer by Spiritualists.

The Gaslamp District's oldest bar sports a urinal marked with a golden plaque that was allegedly used by Mick Jagger.

Every weekend, people gather here for a brief chance to see their loved ones on the other side of the United States–Mexico border.

The bridge continues the legacy of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal policy.

After being abandoned for decades, Oklahoma’s first air-conditioned theatre was reborn in the new century.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.