Jamestown, North Dakota
World's Largest Buffalo
A true roadside icon standing on the same plains that the herds once roamed.
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Jamestown, North Dakota
A true roadside icon standing on the same plains that the herds once roamed.
Rapid City, South Dakota
South Dakota's oldest operating brewery is housed inside a historic firehouse.
Midland, South Dakota
Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.
Bloomington, Minnesota
Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...
New Orleans, Louisiana
The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This Birdsill Holly fire hydrant is the remnant of a very different type of hydration innovation.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.
Alto Pass, Illinois
Taxidermy, Cigar Store Indians, A Model of a New York Tenement and Delicious Draft Root Beer.
St. Louis, Missouri
Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.
St. Louis, Missouri
One of few surviving standpipe water towers in the U.S.
Chicago, Illinois
The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.
Chicago, Illinois
Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.
Washington, D.C.
One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.
Washington, D.C.
An easily overlooked memorial to a Ukrainian famine-genocide that killed over 4 million people.
Washington, D.C.
Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.
Vancouver, British Columbia
This Art Deco masterpiece has stood in for some of the most famous buildings in comic book history.
Vancouver, British Columbia
Locals transformed this Canadian evergreen into a secret hangout with spectacular views of Vancouver's skyline.
North Vancouver, British Columbia
This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.
Chitina, Alaska
The ghostly remains of what was once the world's richest copper mine.
Homer, Alaska
Buy your friend a drink or staple some cash to the wall for the next guy at the Salty Dawg Saloon.
Dawson City, Yukon
A famed drink seasoned with an amputated toe, now on its tenth digit.
Gimli, Manitoba
The largest single concentration of harmless garter snakes in the world is a writhing Canadian serpent orgy.