Scott City, Kansas
El Cuartelejo
The ruins of the northernmost pueblo in the Americas tell the story of a mixing of native cultures.
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Scott City, Kansas
The ruins of the northernmost pueblo in the Americas tell the story of a mixing of native cultures.
Guymon, Oklahoma
Is this 47.7-mile stretch of highway the longest straight road in the United States?
Silver Bay, Minnesota
This friendly fellow was built to honor an advancement in mineral processing.
London, England
A unique tribute to the millions of animals who served and died for the British military.
London, England
London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.
Boroughbridge, England
At 22 feet tall, these Bronze Age monoliths are some of the tallest standing stones in the United Kingdom.
York, England
This popular square's history as the former site of a church is right beneath your feet.
York, England
This network of narrow, medieval passages has the most delightful name.
York, England
A century-old tradition has culminated in a small but singular collection of feline effigies.
St Mary's, Colorado
Colorado’s most beloved glacier is an imposter.
Denver, Colorado
The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.
Los Alamos, New Mexico
This building is a recreation of the gatehouse that separated Los Alamos from the outside world during the era of the Manhattan Project.
High Rolls, New Mexico
This cheery fruit farmer welcomes visitors to a classic roadside emporium.
Tucson, Arizona
The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.
Grover, Colorado
You can stand in three U.S. states at once.
Thermopolis, Wyoming
The world's largest mineral hot springs is home to a herd of bison, a free public bath house, beautiful mineral formations, and a terrifying swinging bridge.
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
The remains of a community that was forced to move for a dam that never materialized still rot in this Pennsylvania park.
Asbury Park, New Jersey
Marie told fortunes from her small stand on the Boardwalk for decades, including to a young Bruce Springsteen who would busk outside her booth.
Munich, Germany
Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.
Munich, Germany
Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.
Gliwice, Poland
Gliwice Radio Tower, likely the tallest wooden structure in the world.
Washington
A narrow fjord-like lake, the third-deepest in the United States, runs for over 50 miles into the Cascades of Washington state.
Alberta
A surviving remnant of the thick ice mass that once mantled most of Western Canada's mountains.