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The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.

The highest point in South Dakota contains the ashes of Valentine McGillycuudy, the "Holy White Man."

One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.

Native Americans built this circle of stones, which was used to predict astronomical events.

One of the first intercontinental ballistic missile sites in the United States.

A carnivorous plant paradise in a serpentine bog.

This stone memorial pays tribute to a massive shipwreck which was sadly overshadowed by the death of John Wilkes Booth.

Feast on award-winning birria tacos from a food truck inside this neon robo-tiki bar.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

This desert oddity hides in plain sight thanks to a cartographic error and a desert explorer with a punny sense of humor.

See replicas of Europe's most famous cave paintings and even some of the animals that feature in the art.

Eat your way from Ghana to Myanmar on this globe-trotting menu.

Before TV meteorologists, there were weather kiosks. This may be the last one in the United States.

A historic canal winds through a unique, swampy landscape.

Shop for superb tortillas at this homage to the ancient art of nixtamalization.

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.

This chestnut box will not be opened until the country music legend's 100th birthday in 2046.

An unusual slot canyon in the Aztec/Navajo Sandstone has a cross-section like an inverted old-fashioned keyhole.

Some of Arizona's best spit-roasted tacos al pastor can be found here.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

Napa's oldest building is now a Mexican restaurant.

Mexico City's largest market contains a Willy Wonka-esque wonderland.