Hastings, Nebraska
Bigfoot Crossroads of America
This museum started by a curious collector is now a place for believers and skeptics alike.
Places I've been
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Hastings, Nebraska
This museum started by a curious collector is now a place for believers and skeptics alike.
Gibsland, Louisiana
Historical marker at the spot where Bonnie and Clyde were killed.
Wall, South Dakota
The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.
Little America, Wyoming
Surrounded by a hundred mile radius of billboards, Little America is a roadside attraction whose primary appeal is hospitality.
Fort Bridger, Wyoming
Named for a prominent scout and explorer, this Wyoming state park encompasses a replica of an 1840s trading post, a 19th-century Army outpost, and early 20th-century automobile lodgings.
Park City, Utah
The largest wildlife crossing in Utah allows local fauna to safely traverse the six-lane Interstate 80 at Parleys Canyon.
Salt Lake City, Utah
The location along the shores of the Great Salt Lake of what was once called, "The Coney Island of the West", now sits barren due to arson and time.
Wendover, Utah
Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.
Imlay, Nevada
The self-made house sculpture of an outsider artist who named himself "Chief Rolling Thunder."
Lemon Cove, California
This massive statue of John Muir on the side of a California highway was carved from a redwood tree.
Los Angeles, California
Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.
Los Angeles, California
These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.
Baker, California
This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.
Baker, California
Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.
San Bernardino County, California
The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.
Mountain Pass, California
The only mine for rare earth elements in the United States has been intermittently active since the 1950s.
Kemmerer, Wyoming
One of America's largest retail chains got its start in one of its most remote rural destinations.
Casper, Wyoming
Devilish landscape, once cinema home to giant alien bugs, now derelict roadside attraction.
Casper, Wyoming
Locally known as the "Onion” and the "Egg Beater,” Casper’s most recognizable buildings are beloved local landmarks to many, and eyesores to others.
Shawnee, Wyoming
Population: 1.
Douglas, Wyoming
This Wyoming town is fascinated by a particular mythical creature.
Hot Springs, South Dakota
The oldest extant wooden jail in South Dakota and possibly the United States.
Hot Springs, South Dakota
This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.
Rapid City, South Dakota
South Dakota's oldest operating brewery is housed inside a historic firehouse.