Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
Truth or Consequences
This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.
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Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.
Terlingua, Texas
Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.
Redford, Texas
An abandoned movie set in the desert of West Texas.
Marfa, Texas
A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."
Marfa, Texas
This old abandoned sign flickers to announce a motel that isn't even there.
Valentine, Texas
A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.
Balmorhea, Texas
A spring-fed pool so deep it's used for scuba diving as well as swimming.
Fort Stockton, Texas
The second largest roadrunner in the world stands 11 feet tall in his West Texas town.
Montreal, Québec
Every year, the colorful murals of Montreal get a complete makeover.
Montreal, Québec
A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.
Montreal, Québec
Its columns were all carved from the same white oak tree.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.
Charleston, South Carolina
South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.
Charleston, South Carolina
Thirteen pastel palaces in downtown Charleston add a gorgeous splash of color to the city.
Key West, Florida
The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.
Antigua, Guatemala
Believe it or not, the now-ubiquitous California avocado originated in Guatemala.
Foz do Iguaçu, Argentina
A series of waterfalls so massive they straddle the border of Argentina and Brazil.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Buenos Aires' city of the dead contains some very famous remains, including Eva Perón.
Brasília, Brazil
A stunning Catholic cathedral built by a curve-loving communist in Brazil’s newly created capital.
Georgetown, Guyana
Though dynamited and defaced, the statue still stands outside the law courts in Georgetown, Guyana.