Idaho Springs, Colorado
Steve Canyon Statue
This statue of an obscure comic strip hero stands as a tribute to patriotic service and a cautionary tale about embracing fads.
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Idaho Springs, Colorado
This statue of an obscure comic strip hero stands as a tribute to patriotic service and a cautionary tale about embracing fads.
Breckenridge, Colorado
Above Breckenridge, a destructive mining technique sits sunken in a small pond.
Breckenridge, Colorado
A museum of natural history, Edwin Carter's original log cabin home and workshop houses taxidermy specimens.
Denver, Colorado
A downtown park built on top of unclaimed graves.
Denver, Colorado
A home covered with elaborate mosaic and other pieces of art.
Denver, Colorado
This modern antique shop is a museum for 1980's Saturday morning cartoon culture.
Breckenridge, Colorado
Isak Heartstone, a 15-foot wooden troll made out of recycled materials.
Weskan, Kansas
A whimsical monument marks the highest point in Kansas, not that you could tell by the looks of it.
Cedar Key, Florida
This salad has two key ingredients: hearts of palm and green ice cream.
Cedar Key, Florida
A thriving Black community was destroyed by an angry white mob at this site in 1923.
Gainesville, Florida
Four metal statues of massive animal penises stand outside the university's Animal Sciences building.
Savannah, Georgia
An eerie smiling woman looms above the granite tombstones.
Savannah, Georgia
More than a century after her death, Little Gracie Watson remains one of Savannah's most often-visited residents.
Savannah, Georgia
This haunting tombstone comes complete with a heartbreaking story of love and loss.
Savannah, Georgia
This twisty sign depicts the chain's first logo.
Savannah, Georgia
Local myth claims this is a Sears catalogue home with its windows installed upside-down.
Savannah, Georgia
"X" marks the spot of an echo chamber in the middle of a plaza.
Savannah, Georgia
A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.
Savannah, Georgia
One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.
Athens, Georgia
After just one epic test blast, this literal loose cannon proved too explosive for combat.
Athens, Georgia
A white oak with property rights.
Suches, Georgia
They call this long foot bridge a swinging bridge, but really it's the bouncing you have to watch out for.
Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
The world's longest known cave system.
Portland, Maine
The world's only and thus largest collection of its kind celebrates everyday wonder through simple umbrella sheaths.