U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado
Cadet Chapel
Air Force Academy Chapel made of 100 identical tetrahedrons works to inspire those of all religions.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Cañon City, Colorado
Royal Gorge Bridge
The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Garden of the Gods
Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.
Huntsville, Texas
Sam Houston Statue
The world's tallest statue of an American hero.
Dallas, Texas
Texas Centennial Art Deco Buildings
A "Texanic" (gigantic Texas) collection of Art Deco architecture at Dallas' historic Fair Park.
Karnack, Texas
Caddo Lake
Foragers once flocked to this big beautiful bayou to hunt for pearls.
Nacogdoches, Texas
Old Stone Fort
Witness to many historic moments in early Texas history.
Amarillo, Texas
Cadillac Ranch
A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.
Austin, Texas
Congress Bridge Bats
Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.
Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth Water Gardens
A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.
Ponca City, Oklahoma
Pioneer Woman Statue
A larger-than-life monument to the overlooked women who braved Western expansion and broke down societal barriers.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum
Sitting in the arguable birthplace of the Wild West, this museum holds the largest collection of bronco busting bric-a-brac in the world.
Bartlesville, Oklahoma
Woolaroc
An oil baron's wild paradise and the winner of an ill-fated air race.
Ponca City, Oklahoma
E.W. Marland Mansion
This ostentatious Italianate palace of an Oklahoma billionaire is filled with several themed mini-museums.
Kenton, Oklahoma
Black Mesa
The highest point in Oklahoma used to be a lawless outlaw's paradise.
Lawton, Oklahoma
Fort Sill
Final resting place of Geronimo, Quanah Parker, and the first atomic gun ever fired.
Picher, Oklahoma
Picher
This former mining town was named the most toxic town in America.
Permanently Closed
Christchurch, New Zealand
Re:START Mall
After the devastating 2011 earthquake, historic Christchurch begins to recover, starting with the pop-up Re:START mall.
Auckland, New Zealand
Sky Tower
A New Zealand communications tower stands as the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere.
Christchurch, New Zealand
Fred and Myrtle's Paua Shell House
A New Zealand couple's shell-adorned home living room, now on display at the Canterbury Museum.
Rotorua, New Zealand
Rotorua
Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs.
South Island, New Zealand
Franz Josef Glacier
The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.
Fox Glacier, New Zealand
Fox Glacier
A glacier pocked with ice caves and surrounded by rainforests.
Milford Sound, New Zealand
Milford Sound
Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.
