San Diego, California
San Diego Museum of Us
An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.
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San Diego, California
An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.
Shiprock, New Mexico
Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A 19th-century shrine covered with prosthetic body parts as votive offerings.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.
Baltimore, Maryland
The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.
Key West, Florida
The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.
Wall, South Dakota
The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.
Amarillo, Texas
A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.
Holbrook, Arizona
See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.
Seattle, Washington
A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.
Humboldt County, California
One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.
Custer, South Dakota
The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.
New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.
Thurmond, West Virginia
Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.
Baltimore, Maryland
The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.
Bryce, Utah
Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."
Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
The world's longest known cave system.
Cincinnati, Ohio
This magnificent Cincinnati graveyard is also a popular public park.
North Bend, Ohio
This tower-tomb honors a president who only held office for a little over a month but dedicated his life to his country.