Government Camp, Oregon
Mount Hood
Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels, scores of people have died on its slopes.
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Government Camp, Oregon
Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels, scores of people have died on its slopes.
Trona, California
One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.
Winslow, Arizona
This Route 66 classic sports a giant fiberglass rabbit that you can ride.
Government Camp, Oregon
You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.
Flagstaff, Arizona
This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.
Versailles, Kentucky
This modern castle sat empty for decades before a fire inspired its builders to complete its luxury halls.
Leadville, Colorado
Abandoned silver mine strewn with wrecked and twisted structures.
Williams, Arizona
An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.
Holbrook, Arizona
See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.
Sequoia National Park, California
Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).
Mecca, California
The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.
Winslow, Arizona
This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."
Washington, D.C.
The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.
Chicago, Illinois
This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.
Yosemite National Park, California
Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.
Corbett, Oregon
A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.
San Francisco, California
In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.
Warren County, New Jersey
Dedicated to a legendary spiritual vision.
Holmdel, New Jersey
This water tower commemorates the invention of the transistor on this site in 1947.
Lakehurst, New Jersey
The site of one of history's most indelible and horrific tragedies.
Zanesville, Ohio
A circle of giant painted vases in the former pottery capital of the United States.
Newark, Ohio
An office built to look like a giant basket.
Kent, Ohio
Memorials and tributes scattered across the university grounds remember a famous national tragedy of the Nixon era.
Gallipolis, Ohio
The failure of one component toppled this entire bridge during rush hour.