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This improbable contraption was passed down through five generations of industrious Tennesseans.

Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.

This New England drive-in was built to straddle the border between two states.

The only one of New Hampshire's original 14 World War II watchtowers to survive in near-original condition.

These pink granite water slides are the result of millions of years of erosion.

This fort down the Potomac from Washington, D.C. was once the only defensive fort protecting the capital.

This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.

A large stone map of Arkansas awaits visitors to its highest point.

The first spinning jail built in the United States is the only one that still turns.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

The spot in the Mile-High City that's exactly 5,280 feet above sea level (at least for now).

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

Take a dip in the world's largest mineral hot springs pool.

This remote Colorado canyon is home to the second-largest collection of natural arches in the world.

Where the famed daredevil attempted to launch himself across a canyon in a custom-built rocket.

A legal loophole makes it possible to get away with murder within this 50-square-mile section of Yellowstone.

When in Idaho, sleep in a giant potato.

The highest point in South Dakota contains the ashes of Valentine McGillycuudy, the "Holy White Man."

The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.

A memorial to the unknown and unheralded men and women of the Cold War military and intelligence services.

A piece of the iconic wall found an unlikely new home in a Vegas bathroom.

This institution collects the history of burlesque dancing with a titillating collection of ephemera and pasties.

Tour the world's largest deep-hole dimension granite quarry, where you can view the plant where gravestones are made and roll a ball down the outdoor granite bowling alley.

Where else would a linchpin of post-colonial Native American cuisine anchor the menu but a museum?