Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Monongahela Incline
The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.
Columbus, Ohio
A bronze of the man in all his sinewy glory celebrates his longtime connection to the Ohio city.
Columbus, Ohio
The entrance to this sinisterly named tunnel hides behind a Tim Hortons.
Indianapolis, Indiana
Once adorning a New York skyscraper, these reclaimed ruins now haunt an Indiana park.
St. Louis, Missouri
One of few surviving standpipe water towers in the U.S.
East St. Louis, Illinois
Man-made geyser that rises to the exact height of the Gateway Arch.
Topeka, Kansas
Topeka has its own great wall, and it's covered in colorful images from the city's history.
Central City, Colorado
This deserted Gold Rush town is home to a Masonic lodge that, strangely enough, still holds meetings.
Estes Park, Colorado
An annual festival celebrating Colorado's most famous frozen corpse.
Boulder, Colorado
This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.
Moab, Utah
A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.
Moab, Utah
This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.
Escalante, Utah
Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.
Kayenta, Arizona
Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.
Kane, Utah
This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.
Kanab, Utah
Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."
Jerome, Arizona
A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.
Supai, Arizona
This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.
Williams, Arizona
An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.
Flagstaff, Arizona
The highest point in Arizona is an oddly snow-topped peak within the otherwise arid state.
Kingman, Arizona
Don't blink or you'll miss it.
Chloride, Arizona
All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.
Boulder City, Nevada
A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.
Las Vegas, Nevada
This vintage animatronics show is the Vegas version of a walk through the woods.