San Antonio, Texas
Japanese Tea Garden
A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.
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San Antonio, Texas
A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.
Canyon, Texas
The Grand Canyon of Texas.
Fredericksburg, Texas
An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.
Carlsbad, New Mexico
A cave's rare beauty held a cavernous secret hidden underground.
Shiprock, New Mexico
Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."
Carlsbad, New Mexico
The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."
Las Vegas, Nevada
A homage to the King at the hotel where he revived his career.
Reno, Nevada
This beloved roadside attraction welcomes visitors with his signature neon smile.
Reno, Nevada
The arch that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways.
Sparks, Nevada
The colossal cartoon man stands outside a Nevada museum.
Boulder City, Nevada
Experience a charming 1930s version of "infotainment."
Reno, Nevada
This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.
British Columbia
This small island has a dark past as a colony for Chinese lepers and a dropoff point for bootleggers.
Victoria, British Columbia
This small beach park is littered with a collection of unique driftwood sculptures.
Victoria, British Columbia
A monument stands at one of the starting lines of the Trans-Canada Highway, formerly the longest uninterrupted highway in the world.
Chilliwack, British Columbia
Cascading outward, this waterfall creates the appearance of a flowing veil.
Egmont, British Columbia
The water swaps direction twice a day, whipping into a frenzy of whirlpools and rapids.
Vancouver, British Columbia
What happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100-year-old copyright.
Whistler, British Columbia
The remains of a Canadian train crash are now mouldering beneath layers of rust and graffiti.
Whitehorse, Yukon
When the big city meets the edge of the frontier, log skyscrapers are born.
Watson Lake, Yukon
Roadside collection of 65,000 signs.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.