Emporia, Kansas
All Veterans Memorial Park
A park to honor all U.S. Armed Forces veterans, and Emporia's status as the founding city of Veterans Day.
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Emporia, Kansas
A park to honor all U.S. Armed Forces veterans, and Emporia's status as the founding city of Veterans Day.
Council Grove, Kansas
Once a giant oak that served as the region's post office.
Davis, Oklahoma
What was once a summer home next to a waterfall has now become littered with graffiti and children in swimsuits.
Alpine, Texas
A group of college students hauled a desk up a mountain more than 40 years ago. The notebooks inside have become a makeshift time capsule.
Key West, Florida
This small Key West museum is packed with dozens of artifacts that illustrate the life of the iconic playwright.
Key West, Florida
Recently celebrating its 25th anniversary, the garden opened in September 1997 to celebrate the men and women who have had the greatest impact on Key West.
Key West, Florida
The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.
Key West, Florida
These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.
Key West, Florida
A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.
Key West, Florida
"We Seceded Where Others Failed."
Key West, Florida
The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.
Key West, Florida
An idyllic swimming pool tells the tale of Hemingway's trouble with women.
Key West, Florida
A historic presidential getaway on the continental United States' southernmost island.
Key West, Florida
The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity's microbrewery.
Ochopee, Florida
In the depths of the Everglades, one man has dedicated his life to studying the elusive Skunk Ape.
Islamorada, Florida
This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
A Route 66 filling station that was designed to resemble the Hagia Sophia, and is now the symbol of an arts district.
Hillsborough, California
A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.
Los Gatos, California
A pair of pure white felines guard the entrance to a spot of California real estate established as an artist's haven.
Pebble Beach, California
This lonesome Monterey cypress has survived centuries of wind, salt, and at least one attempt at arson.
San Luis Obispo, California
The world's first motel is now an administrative building for an apple farm.
Pismo Beach, California
Thousands of migrating monarchs overwinter clustered amongst the eucalyptus trees.
Morro Bay, California
A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.
Frankfort, Kentucky
This grave marks the final resting place of a legendary frontiersman... unless it doesn't.