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Wizard Island

Crater Lake, Oregon

Crater Lake

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

Chimney Rock.

Bayard, Nebraska

Chimney Rock

This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.

Rabbit Hash

Burlington, Kentucky

Rabbit Hash

Rabbit Hash is a heaping slice of Americana from another era, with a very peculiar origin behind its unusual name.

 International Spy Museum

Washington, D.C.

International Spy Museum

Home to items never before seen by the public.

Foamhenge.

Centreville, Virginia

Foamhenge

Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.

Salt Flats in Utah

Wendover, Utah

Bonneville Salt Flats / Bonneville Speedway

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

The artesian bottling factory that now houses the Dr Pepper Museum.

Waco, Texas

Dr Pepper Museum

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

Hole N" the Rock

Moab, Utah

Hole N" the Rock

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

National Museum of Funeral History

Houston, Texas

National Museum of Funeral History

Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.

Texas Eiffel Tower

Paris, Texas

Texas Eiffel Tower

In Paris, Texas they have their own Eiffel Tower, it just has a cowboy hat on it.

Entrance on Union Ave, just around the corner from Beale Street

Memphis, Tennessee

Sun Studio

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

The Corn Palace

Mitchell, South Dakota

The Corn Palace

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

Nashville Parthenon

Nashville, Tennessee

Concrete Parthenon

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

H.L. Hunley Submarine

North Charleston, South Carolina

H.L. Hunley Submarine

This recently rediscovered Civil War-era submarine was the first to ever sink an enemy ship.

World's Largest Buffalo

Jamestown, North Dakota

World's Largest Buffalo

A true roadside icon standing on the same plains that the herds once roamed.

The original Woolworth lunch counter is largely intact at the museum.

Greensboro, North Carolina

Site of the Woolworth Lunch Counter Sit-in

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

The National Toy Hall of Fame

Rochester, New York

The National Toy Hall of Fame

A collection of the best toys ever made inside a museum devoted to play.

Stardust Sign, August 2025

Las Vegas, Nevada

The Neon Museum

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

Clown Motel

Tonopah, Nevada

Clown Motel

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

Outside Tom Devlin’s Monster Museum in Boulder City, NV, with the owner’s custom hearse parked in front.

Boulder City, Nevada

Tom Devlin’s Monster Museum

A professional special effects makeup artist’s collection of horror creatures and one-of-a-kind recreations on display in downtown Boulder City.

Dorothy's House and Land of Oz

Liberal, Kansas

Dorothy's House and Land of Oz

A house turned museum is the real-life "home" of the fictional main character of The Wizard of Oz.

World's Largest Ball of Twine

Cawker City, Kansas

World's Largest Ball of Twine

It's big, it's a ball, and it's made of twine—the world's largest of its kind.

The first Pizza Hut is really more of a house.

Wichita, Kansas

Original Pizza Hut

The first "Hut" was actually a small brick building.

Entrance to Iowa 80 Trucking Museum

Walcott, Iowa

Iowa 80 Truck Stop

The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.

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