Neece, Texas
'Cast Away' Crossroads
It's where the final scene of the beloved Tom Hanks movie was filmed.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Neece, Texas
It's where the final scene of the beloved Tom Hanks movie was filmed.
Goodwell, Oklahoma
On a college campus in the Oklahoma panhandle a museum honors the last piece of the contiguous United States to be classified as No Man's Land.
Keyes, Colorado
This marker identifies the location where three states converge.
Dawson, New Mexico
All that remains of this abandoned coal town is a beautiful, haunting cemetery.
Kayenta, Arizona
Hidden inside this Arizona fast food franchise is an in-depth exhibit on the famed WWII counterintelligence program.
Roswell, New Mexico
A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Setting this massive marionette aflame rids Santa Fe of doom and gloom for another year.
Creede, Colorado
The temporary burial site of the man who shot and killed Jesse James.
New Castle, Colorado
A coal fire has been burning underground here since 1896.
Keystone, South Dakota
Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.
Lovell, Wyoming
Native Americans built this circle of stones, which was used to predict astronomical events.
Brian Head, Utah
Erosion and various mineral deposits give this striking canyon its distinct color and soft appearance.
Escalante, Utah
Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.
Parowan, Utah
Hundreds of drawings left by the land's previous inhabitants remain mysterious.
Esmeralda County, Nevada
This tiny cluster of abandoned buildings looks like the future of the ghost town - today!
Caliente, Nevada
The eerie ruins of an isolated abandoned town nicknamed "the Widowmaker" for its deadly gold mine.
Fresno, California
An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.
Yosemite National Park, California
The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.
Lancaster, California
Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.
Sutter, California
Rising out of miles of farmland, these buttes are sometimes called the world's smallest mountain range.
Oroville, California
Home of what was the largest hydraulic mine in the world, producing gold and the first diamonds in the U.S.
Old Station, California
Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.
Eastland, Texas
Legend says the horned lizard spent 31 years sealed in a time capsule before he was discovered alive.
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
A museum and research center dedicated to preserving the history of Rolls-Royce and Bentley motorcars.