Greenbelt, Maryland
Greenbelt Historic District
A relic of FDR's brief foray into utopian urban planning.
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Greenbelt, Maryland
A relic of FDR's brief foray into utopian urban planning.
Kensington, Maryland
The tallest The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple in the world soars above the Beltway.
College Park, Maryland
The world's oldest continuously operating airport was founded by the Wright Brothers.
Silver Spring, Maryland
The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.
Des Moines, Iowa
Millions of dollars worth of sculpture decorate this Iowa city center.
Des Moines, Iowa
This zombie-themed restaurant stands out in the heart of corn country.
Chadron, Nebraska
America's largest man-made forest was planted in an effort to bring back the past.
Bayard, Nebraska
This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.
Alliance, Nebraska
An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
One of the few brewers in the U.S. experimenting with hop-free beers.
Lincoln, New Hampshire
Come for the gun-toting hillbilly madman, stay for the ice-cream loving basketball bears.
Salem, New Hampshire
America's oldest archaeological site or a muddled case of wishful thinking.
Scarborough, Maine
This 1,700-pound edible sculpture is way better than your average chocolate mousse.
Freeport, Maine
This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.
San Francisco, California
A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.
Burlington, Vermont
Stand at the center of this lakefront sundial, and you'll become part of the timepiece.
Burlington, Vermont
This 38-drawer structure claims the superlative title, but it isn't the world's only giant filing cabinet.
Waterbury, Vermont
The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.
Devils Tower, Wyoming
The first declared National Monument in the United States.
Rapid City, South Dakota
Every president in history is immortalized in bronze in downtown Rapid City.
Rapid City, South Dakota
South Dakota's oldest operating brewery is housed inside a historic firehouse.
Deadwood, South Dakota
A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.
Wall, South Dakota
The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.
Custer, South Dakota
The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.