Boston, Massachusetts
Democratic Donkey and Republican Footprints
This statue intended for children to enjoy became a minor political spat.
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Boston, Massachusetts
This statue intended for children to enjoy became a minor political spat.
Warwick, Rhode Island
Despite the name, this narrow bridge isn't very dangerous at all.
Ojai, California
Explore more than 130,000 new and used books in the "world's largest outdoor bookstore."
Latrobe, Pennsylvania
This museum is dedicated to the first coast-to-coast highway.
Iron Mountain, Michigan
Largest outdoor staircase in the United States.
Graford, Texas
The bridge continues the legacy of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal policy.
Columbus, New Mexico
This replica of the Indian spiritual master Meher Baba's tomb stands unfinished in the New Mexico desert.
San Luis Obispo, California
The world's first motel is now an administrative building for an apple farm.
Darlington, Maryland
Although built to generate electricity for Marylanders, this dam has become an all-you-can-eat buffet for American bald eagles.
New York, New York
This miniature village stays behind in the Breuer Building, even as the museums around it come and go.
Story City, Iowa
This hand-carved wooden carousel in the Story City North Park was built in 1913.
Elkton, Maryland
A rural colonial settlement that contains the remains of a store and cooper.
Mt. Jewett, Pennsylvania
Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.
Austin, Nevada
This little-used trail winds through the highest mountain range in central Nevada with sections around 10,000 feet.
Wingdale, New York
An abandoned asylum once on the cutting edge of lobotomies may be reborn as a Christian college.
Three Rivers, New Mexico
More than 21,000 images fill this overlooked gem of a prehistoric site.
Wamego, Kansas
During the 1990's nearly all of the world's LSD is thought to have come from the operators of the lab once located in this missile silo.
Littleton, New Hampshire
According to the experts at the Guinness World's Record office, this is the longest candy counter in the world.
Joseph City, Arizona
Along the old Route 66 is an abandoned trading post made from old telephone poles, built by a former circus clown.
Perry, Florida
The ruins of a Florida miracle spring resort make it seem like a wonder that this was ever a health spa.
CaƱon City, Colorado
This razorback ridgeline has doubled as a scenic drive since the early 1900s.
Solvang, California
Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.
Salt Lake City, Utah
Pyramid home to an obscure religious group that practices modern mummification.
New Hope, Pennsylvania
This stone tower marks a lookout point over the historic Washington Crossing, and maybe some buried treasure.