Durango, Colorado
Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad
This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.
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Durango, Colorado
This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.
Millinocket, Maine
The highest point in Maine is a grand gift to the state citizens that also happens to be one end of the Appalachian Trail.
Washington, D.C.
There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.
Port Orchard, Washington
Bonsai trees that are up to a thousand years old.
Washington, D.C.
A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.
Banff, Alberta
Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
This haunted hotel built on natural springs once served as a hospital for a quack doctor promising a cure for cancer.
London, England
This museum tucked below a charming cafe gives a brief snapshot of photographic history.
Silver Lake, Oregon
A volcanic fissure over two miles long and up to 70 feet deep.
Oldtown, Maryland
Despite violent work crews and massive delays this abandoned canal tunnel was built to last into the modern day.
Tepoztlán, Mexico
High atop a Mexican rainforest mountain, this ancient pyramid once drew pilgrims countries away.
Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska
The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.
Escalante, Utah
Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.
Kyonan, Japan
This sawtooth mountain range still bears the strangely lovely marks of its history as a medieval quarry.
Chicago, Illinois
First planned industrial community in the United States.
Atlanta, Georgia
Mai Tais and Navy Grog served up in one of the original tiki bars.
Ellicott City, Maryland
An eerie, decaying ghost town destined to fade into the forest.
Silver Spring, Maryland
A girls' boarding school inspired by the Chicago World's Fair, once abandoned, now restored to strange and scenic glory.
Italy
This Italian foot path winds through the mountains via 52 individual tunnels.
California
Nuclear waste dump site now an environmental sanctuary.
London, England
A glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.
St. Petersburg, Florida
A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.