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Gainesville, Florida

The Devil's Millhopper

This Florida sinkhole hides a rainforest-like micro-environment in its depths.
Devilman1972 Added by Devilman1972
Pensacola, Florida

Pensacola Graffiti Bridge

A local landmark with generations of spraypainted messages, and more being added each day.
Added by janetnestlerode
Sarasota, Florida

John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art

A circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.
Rebekah Otto Added by Rebekah Otto
Atlanta, Georgia

Tara Theatre

Built in 1968, this arthouse has kept its movie-palace decor and has its own museum.
outlawa1 Added by outlawa1
Walhalla, South Carolina

Oconee Station State Historic Site

A historic blockhouse and trading post give a glimpse into the early colonial history of South Carolina.
Meg Added by Meg
Cleveland, South Carolina

Devils Kitchen at Caesars Head State Park

According to local lore, this narrow passageway through two large rocks was accidentally created by the devil himself.
Meg Added by Meg
Jekyll Island, Georgia

Horton House

Georgia's first brewery is also one of its oldest surviving buildings.
Rachel Added by Rachel
Jekyll Island, Georgia

Driftwood Beach

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.
Added by leighbelle
Jekyll Island, Georgia

DuBignon Cemetery

A modest walled graveyard where nobody is actually buried.
hadleymeares Added by hadleymeares
Brunswick, Georgia

Brunswick Stew Monument

This monument claims to display the first pot used to cook a famed Southern stew.
lintonwest Added by lintonwest
Chelsea, Oklahoma

Totem Pole Park

This historic folk art garden contains a nightmare tower that claims to be the world's largest concrete totem pole.
KatieBush Added by KatieBush
Memphis, Tennessee

Payne’s Bar-B-Q

Line up for a hickory-smoked BBQ bologna sandwich at this family-run institution.
Diana Hubbell Added by Diana Hubbell
Memphis, Tennessee

The Crystal Shrine Grotto

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.
EricGrundhauser Added by EricGrundhauser
Hot Springs, Arkansas

Thermal Spring Cascades

Two gushing waterfalls of hot spring water within a block of each other.
showmestateofmind Added by showmestateofmind
Hot Springs, Arkansas

The Arlington Hotel

This historic hotel on Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs National Park has a storied history of gangsters and baseball greats.
seh256 Added by seh256
Hot Springs, Arkansas

Hot Springs Beer

This Arkansas town is known for its gangster history, its healing waters, and now its brews.
rachelrummel Added by rachelrummel
Catoosa, Oklahoma

Blue Whale of Catoosa

Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.
serflac Added by serflac
Tulsa, Oklahoma

Meadow Gold Sign

This 1930s-era Route 66 Tulsa landmark was moved, restored, and filled with neon.
Added by ianlefk
Tulsa, Oklahoma

The Blue Dome

A Route 66 filling station that was designed to resemble the Hagia Sophia, and is now the symbol of an arts district.
Added by ianlefk
Tulsa, Oklahoma

Golden Driller

The fifth tallest statue in the United States is a shirtless monument to the oil worker.
lewblank Added by lewblank
Tulsa, Oklahoma

Boston Avenue Methodist Church

One of the best examples of Art Deco architecture in the United States.
Kerry Wolfe Added by Kerry Wolfe
Tulsa, Oklahoma

Buck Atom

Standing at 21-feet tall, this space cowboy adds to the legacy of Route 66's muffler men.
Added by marybethbabcock
Tulsa, Oklahoma

The Center of the Universe

An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause sits in the heart of Tulsa.
Bartlesville, Oklahoma

Price Tower

The only fully-realized skyscraper built by the famed American architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.
Carolinethrift Added by Carolinethrift