Tillamook, Oregon
Octopus Tree of Oregon
No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.
Places I've been
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Tillamook, Oregon
No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.
Washington, D.C.
A haunting tribute to pioneering photographer Clover Adams.
Lakewood, Colorado
At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
This Boeing KC-97 tanker is now a restaurant for aviation lovers.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
The moving metal works of one troubled artist can still be viewed on his front lawn... for now.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.
Buford, Wyoming
Miraculous tree that seems to sprout out of solid rock.
Laramie, Wyoming
The high point on the 16th president's eponymous roadway is marked by a massive version of his head.
Medicine Bow, Wyoming
A century-old cabin off of Highway 30 touts an unusual construction material: dinosaur bones.
Murphy, North Carolina
The world's largest set of the ten commandments lay nestled in the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains.
Bryson City, North Carolina
This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.
Blairsville, Georgia
Georgia's highest point was given its strange name thanks to a simple translation error.
Huntsville, Alabama
Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.
Toronto, Ontario
One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.
Huntsville, Texas
The world's tallest statue of an American hero.
Fort Worth, Texas
Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.
Fort Worth, Texas
A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.
Dublin, Texas
This soda factory is one of the last in America to use real cane sugar despite the protestations of Dr Pepper.
Rochester, New York
The home, museum, and death site of Kodak's influential founder.
San Francisco, California
In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.
New York, New York
Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.
Yachats, Oregon
On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.
Cleveland, Georgia
A museum and doll store featuring a surreal and super sanitized version of where babies come from.