Santa Fe, New Mexico
De Vargas Street House
This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.
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Santa Fe, New Mexico
This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
A sprawling collection of over 106,000 toys from around the world.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.
Chimayo, New Mexico
This popular pilgrimage site offers a hole filled with holy healing dirt.
Springfield, Illinois
One of the largest carillons in the world, this giant instrument has 67 cast-iron bells played by a keyboard.
Springfield, Illinois
Abraham Lincoln's likeness rests at the top of this giant totem pole.
Springfield, Illinois
The original vault that held the president's remains still stands, empty, not far from where he was finally buried.
Lincoln, Illinois
The world's largest covered wagon is piloted by a giant Lincoln lawyer.
Clinton, Tennessee
This improbable contraption was passed down through five generations of industrious Tennesseans.
Petros, Tennessee
This former maximum-security prison is creepy, sobering, and supposedly haunted.
Wilmington, Illinois
This historic Illinois "Muffler Man" has been converted from axe-touting lumberjack to rocket-wielding space ace.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
No Gordon Lightfoot song, only a barebones monument to greed.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Soda Springs, Idaho
Home to a timed geyser created by complete accident.
Niles, Illinois
Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.
Wadsworth, Illinois
A six-story-tall golden pyramid, surrounded by a moat.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
A place to eat for on-the-run agents and espionage enthusiasts.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.
Rockford, Illinois
The city of Rockford, Illinois is symbolically protected by a quartet of fittingly stony sentinels.
Roscoe, Illinois
This deceivingly ordinary warehouse hides an enormous collection of pop culture treasures.
Cody, Wyoming
At the time of its completion, it was the tallest dam in the world.