McKittrick, California
Penny Bar
Hidden in the back of a disused small town hotel is a dive bar shellacked with over a million pennies.
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McKittrick, California
Hidden in the back of a disused small town hotel is a dive bar shellacked with over a million pennies.
Delta, Utah
A museum in rural Utah documents the history of the Japanese Americans who were forcibly relocated there.
Baker, Nevada
The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.
Sun Valley, Idaho
Tucked away on a scenic trail, a modest memorial honors one of the greatest writers of our time.
Arco, Idaho
Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.
Cody, Wyoming
At the time of its completion, it was the tallest dam in the world.
Powell, Wyoming
An unusual geological feature towers over the remains of a dark episode in United States history.
Casper, Wyoming
Devilish landscape, once cinema home to giant alien bugs, now derelict roadside attraction.
Casper, Wyoming
A popular rock that acted as a waymarker for American pioneers.
Devils Tower, Wyoming
The first declared National Monument in the United States.
Deadwood, South Dakota
A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.
Custer, South Dakota
The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.
Harrison, Nebraska
A rancher expanding a natural spring for his cattle came up with bones – lots and lots of them.
Harrison, Nebraska
Site of the 1879 Cheyenne Outbreak and the site where famed Sioux chief Crazy Horse met his fate.
Chadron, Nebraska
America's largest man-made forest was planted in an effort to bring back the past.
Alliance, Nebraska
An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.
Bayard, Nebraska
This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.
Douglas, Wyoming
This Wyoming town is fascinated by a particular mythical creature.
Guernsey, Wyoming
Long before guestbooks and hotels, frontier travelers signed their names on this rock face.
Dubuque, Iowa
This long unused shot tower on the Mississippi remains a point of pride for a small city in Iowa.
Dodgeville, Wisconsin
One of the last surviving C-97s sits in a field in front of a Wisconsin inn.
Spring Green, Wisconsin
A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.
Eldon, Iowa
Home with Gothic windows featured in a famous painting.
Glen Arbor Township, Michigan
This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.