Vernal, Utah
First Lady Dolls
An oddly specific collection of handmade dolls remembers the women of the White House.
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Vernal, Utah
An oddly specific collection of handmade dolls remembers the women of the White House.
Jensen, Utah
Inside this striking glass building, visitors can see thousands of dinosaur fossils in the positions that nature deposited them more than 150 million years ago.
Nashville, Tennessee
One Confederate statue that accurately reflects the ugliness of its subject.
Athens, Greece
Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.
Ramah, New Mexico
Some 2,000 carvings show this rare desert spring has been an oasis for travelers for over a thousand years.
Ramah, New Mexico
This bird-shaped rock formation defies gravity, time, and classification.
Cisco, Utah
Within the former ghost town of Cisco is a carefully restored tiny town with one resident and its own art residency.
Oakley, Kansas
One of the Eight Wonders of Kansas and the first official National Natural Monument these stark formations look like nature's Stonehenge.
Monticello, Utah
Oddly shaped rock formation, misassociated with a nearby utopian community.
Moab, Utah
The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.
Oakley, Kansas
A statue high in a hill that represents how Buffalo Bill got his name.
Batavia, Illinois
Arguably the best example of an authentic Dutch windmill in the United States, rivaling its counterparts in the Netherlands.
Richmond, Virginia
The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.
Lexington, Virginia
The hide of Stonewall Jackson's equine sidekick is on display not far from where the ashes of his bones are buried.
Lexington, Virginia
This campus chapel is Robert E. Lee's final resting place and a topic of debate about the legacy of the Civil War.
Walcott, Iowa
The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.
Greensburg, Kansas
The United States's largest hand-dug well is topped with a state-of-the-art museum.
Dandarah, Egypt
One of the most well-preserved temples of ancient Egypt.
DeKalb, Illinois
This architectural stunner is one of the few surviving Egyptian Revival theaters in the U.S.
Greece
The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.
Cairo, Egypt
In Egypt's expanding metro area, many of the neighbors are dead.
Dandarah, Egypt
Ancient Egyptian relief, claimed to depict an electrical light.
Nagoa Ash Shatb, Egypt
One of its engravings is believed to be among the first representations of medical and surgical instruments.
Badrshein, Egypt
This ancient structure is widely thought to be the oldest intact pyramid in the world.