Phoenix, Arizona
MacAlpine's Soda Fountain
Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.
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Phoenix, Arizona
Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.
Phoenix, Arizona
A historic hydroelectric power plant serves as the unusual backdrop for a public park.
Phoenix, Arizona
This striking public art installation is suspended above a public park, designed to gently move in the breeze.
Phoenix, Arizona
This small, unassuming street is now a canvas for color and creativity.
Waimea, Hawaii
This ruined fort and statue are a testament to the last king of Kaua‘i’s savvy diplomacy skills, which briefly brought Russians to Hawai‘i.
Koloa, Hawaii
A prehistoric landscape hidden in the cliffs of Maha'ulepu.
Catoosa, Oklahoma
It reportedly took three years to sort through all the objects in this eclectic lifelong collection.
Catoosa, Oklahoma
Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
These massive mitts are made of 30 tons of devotional bronze.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
The storied steakhouse is the last in a long line of Lebanese-owned supper clubs in Tulsa.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
A museum packed with instruments, lyrics, and other mementos of the American folk icon.
Barnsdall, Oklahoma
A tiny but mighty little pumper sits in the middle of the street, waiting for the next big oil strike.
Norman, Oklahoma
A small section of native wilderness on a university campus
Bartlesville, Oklahoma
The only fully-realized skyscraper built by the famed American architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.
St. Louis, Missouri
What was once a presidential estate is now an exotic menagerie and home to the Budweiser Clydesdales.
St. Louis, Missouri
The eccentric and colorful pavilions of Tower Grove park are a beloved and overlooked symbol.
Chelsea, Oklahoma
This historic folk art garden contains a nightmare tower that claims to be the world's largest concrete totem pole.
Talala, Oklahoma
A detached cement mixer has been transformed to resemble a relic from some obscure NASA mission to Oklahoma.
Sturgeon, Missouri
A geological oddity formed by two rivers carving out a mass of limestone on both sides.
Knob Noster, Missouri
The only remaining Cold War–era Minuteman II missile control center in Missouri.
Cuba, Missouri
The world's second largest rocking chair is found on Route 66 in Cuba... Missouri.
Leasburg, Missouri
Nestled in Onondaga State Park, over 100 canoes carefully stacked in a replica of the famous standing stones.
Eminence, Missouri
It's as if the herds walked straight out of a fairy tale into the Missouri wilds.
Winona, Missouri
This small turbine mill along Rocky Creek was built in 1928