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The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

America’s smallest national park site is the former residence of exiled Polish national hero Thaddeus Kosciuszko.

A rare kind of blue bear can be found chiefly in the national park that shares their name.

These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.

A 19th-century cabin built into a hollowed-out Sequoia tree.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

In Gloucester, Massachussets, fishermen celebrate a successful year at sea by charging a lubed pole to capture an Italian flag.

Halloween spirit is alive and well in this small town, where residents race motorized caskets in a yearly tradition.

Leave it to Key West to drop a real-live drag queen instead of a ball to mark the arrival of the New Year.

There is nothing like a religious festival celebrated with blow-up sledgehammers.

An annual festival celebrating Colorado's most famous frozen corpse.

The only place to see live frogs don pigtails and top hats, then eat their scrumptious legs.

This hands-on museum houses roughly 80 vintage pinball machines and arcade games.

A burial ground restored by a determined Boy Scout, where fragments of America’s early history rest beneath weathered stones.

If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.

From bench to vandalism to art, this silly prank seat was funny enough to become permanent.

A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.

Beside a lonely road winding into the hills overlooking Altadena, sits a portal that urges callers to embrace humanity‘s innermost expression: Goodbye

This 28-foot-tall milk can contains one of the most whimsical ice cream parlors in town.

Watch maple syrup being made without ever leaving the city.

The hot chocolate here all stems from small, sustainable microproducers in Chiapas and Tabasco.

Once a speakeasy operated by Al Capone, this Milwaukee cigar bar is now a haven for ghost hunters.

The impeccably spiced roast pork buns at this bakery are worth the wait.