Alamosa, Colorado
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.
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Alamosa, Colorado
When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.
Captain Cook, Hawaii
These ancient sacred grounds granted amnesty to those who managed to reach them.
Wilson, North Carolina
A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.
Mount Horeb, Wisconsin
A bypass decorated with large wooden troll carvings.
Beaufort, North Carolina
Burial site more than 300 years old.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.
Mansfield, Ohio
Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.
Charleston, South Carolina
Tour the oldest unrestored plantation house in America that is open to the public.
Custer, South Dakota
The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.
Natural Bridge, Virginia
A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.
Mitchell, South Dakota
A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.
Wall, South Dakota
The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.
Yorklyn, Pennsylvania
An outlandish shoe shaped house built by an eccentric millionaire.
Inyo County, California
"Only the devil could play golf here."
Aristes, Pennsylvania
A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.