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A 1542-foot-long suspension bridge offers scenic mountain views.

The most beloved fountain in the center of Guadalajara, Jalisco.

A tribute to the region's rich history of pottery art.

The Rio Lerma (Chignahuapan) in El Salto, Mexico, is one of the most polluted rivers in the world. It’s covered in white foam, and falling in can kill.

An outdoor spiritual site where a strange acoustic phenomenon creates a powerful, hollow echo when you speak from the center of a mosaic circle.

The corner walls of a primary school showcase a Mexican version of memento mori.

The jewel of western Mexico's archaeological legacy is this tiered circular pyramid now covered in grass.

Walk through a well-preserved World War II Nazi prison and transit camp.

This local museum documents centuries of history along the Mississippi, from mound builders to massive quakes.

The beginnings of one of America's most famous military officers.

This monument marks the point where Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri intersect.

The site of the first daylight, peacetime bank robbery by the James gang.

The final resting place of the legendary outlaw.

The name is a dubious distinction for the man who ordered a full retreat during what is considered the first engagement of the Black Hawk War.

The ruins of Illinois's first state penitentiary, and former Federal Military Prison, from 1833.

The site where Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, was killed by a mob.

One of the last remaining French Colonial style churches, this centuries-old building was constructed using upright logs and no nails.

One of two identical monuments marking the sites of military training encampments in Peoria, Illinois.

Burial site of the notorious Chicago gangster.

See where Bill Murray kidnapped a hapless Punxsutawney Phil.

Chicago’s last original drive-in restaurant is a family-run hot dog joint that started in 1948.

This national park dedicated to the tallgrass prairie ecosystem still displays its military past.

Spanking machines, fake goats, and more devices of humiliation are on display in this museum of fraternal initiation devices.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.