Alamogordo, New Mexico
White Sands National Park
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.
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Alamogordo, New Mexico
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
This is one really big nut.
Roswell, New Mexico
This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.
Roswell, New Mexico
A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.
Carlsbad, New Mexico
The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."
Valentine, Texas
A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.
Terlingua, Texas
Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.
Terlingua, Texas
An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.
Langtry, Texas
Once called the Jersey Lilly, this former saloon was the domain of infamous Judge Roy Bean.
Uvalde, Texas
A 17-foot-tall cutout of the Texas-born actor stands alongside the highway.
New Iberia, Louisiana
A swamp and garden tour featuring local wildlife and exotic botanical specimens from around the world.
Avery Island, Louisiana
For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
One of the Cemestos prefab homes built to secretly house thousands of Manhattan Project workers.
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.
Natural Bridge, Virginia
A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.
Fall River, Massachusetts
The world's largest collection of historic U.S. military naval vessels.
Townsend, Tennessee
This 19th-century building inadvertently preserved the handprints of its builders within its walls.
Boston, Massachusetts
Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.
Needham, Massachusetts
An elaborate, hidden model train in the Needham Town Forest.
Natick, Massachusetts
Order the extra snappy, steamed hot dogs at this fourth-generation-run New England diner.
Hopkinton, Massachusetts
This pavement line and accompanying statue commemorates the starting point for the world's oldest annual marathon.
Hudson, Massachusetts
One of the smallest churches in the United States is located along the side of the road in a residential neighborhood.
Rutland, Massachusetts
The ruins of a Massachusetts prison farm can still be found crumbling the woods of a state park.
Sturbridge, Massachusetts
The largest living museum in the Northeast recreates life from the Early Republic period complete with costumed historians and reenactors.