Flagstaff, Arizona
Twin Arrows Trading Post Ruins
A pair of giant roadside arrows are all that remains of a former Route 66 trading post.
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Flagstaff, Arizona
A pair of giant roadside arrows are all that remains of a former Route 66 trading post.
St. Joseph, Missouri
The fastest mail service in the west is tracked and memorialized along this 1,400 mile trail.
St. Joseph, Missouri
The house where the famed outlaw was shot by a dirty coward is now a museum to the criminal's legacy.
Leavenworth, Kansas
This quaint museum lets you take a ride on its antique carousels.
Bangor, Maine
This is the sewer drain that was the inspiration for the opening scene of Stephen King’s classic novel “IT”.
Chitina, Alaska
In the middle of the Alaskan wilderness, lies a train trestle to nowhere.
Wantage, New Jersey
The highest point in New Jersey is marked by a massive, if simply named, obelisk.
Vatican City
Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.
Vatican City
Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.
Vatican City
Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.
Rome, Italy
The ruins of the largest gladiatorial school in Rome are largely hidden under modern streets.
Paris, France
This 18th-century sundial was designed to calculate the date of Easter each year.
Paris, France
The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.
Tampa, Florida
At Bern's Steak House, there's always room for dessert—it's just upstairs.
Detroit, Michigan
Inside the Wayne County airport is an amazing collection of lights and sounds.
Allen Park, Michigan
The 80-foot tire that looms over Michigan's I-94 was once a Ferris wheel in the New York World Fair.
Boston, Massachusetts
A beacon atop a downtown building provides Bostonians with weather forecasts and baseball news.
Boston, Massachusetts
A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.
Newport, Rhode Island
You can spend the night as an honorary lighthouse keeper in this quaint, historic beacon.
Hershey, Pennsylvania
This extraordinary Depression-era expenditure was modeled after a postcard of a Mediterranean hotel.
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
A local prank turned town icon.
Rochester, New York
An antique cemetery in New York, this land is home to any number of famed corpses.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.