Fort Stockton, Texas
Paisano Pete
The second largest roadrunner in the world stands 11 feet tall in his West Texas town.
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Fort Stockton, Texas
The second largest roadrunner in the world stands 11 feet tall in his West Texas town.
Hondo, Texas
On a dusty county road sit the ruins of a ghost town's abandoned church.
San Antonio, Texas
Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.
Waco, Texas
Visitors can walk over the largest concentration of Columbian mammoths to have died from one event.
Fort Worth, Texas
A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.
Fort Worth, Texas
The man who wasn't there.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.
Logan, Ohio
Rare recess caves fill this unbelievably beautiful Ohio park.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.
Boulder City, Nevada
A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.
Boulder City, Nevada
Experience a charming 1930s version of "infotainment."
Clark County, Nevada
The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.
Page, Arizona
A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.
Bryce, Utah
Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."
Hurricane, Utah
A tunnel with windows, so you don't miss out on the impressive views.
Morristown, New Jersey
A trompe-l'oeil statue honoring the first guide dog in North America.
Jersey City, New Jersey
On the Hudson resides one of the largest clocks in the world.
Chester Township, New Jersey
A farm in New Jersey grew a most unusual crop for AT&T's testing purposes.
Wantage, New Jersey
The highest point in New Jersey is marked by a massive, if simply named, obelisk.
Bloomfield, New Jersey
This old-fashioned candy shop, ice cream parlor, and diner served as the setting for one of TV's most controversial series finales.
Columbia, New Jersey
Once the world's largest reinforced concrete structure, this abandoned bridge now beckons urban explorers.
Boonton Township, New Jersey
This massive boulder is either a unique rock formation created by glacial melt or a magic energy vortex.
Oakland, New Jersey
The remains of a century-old mansion that met a fiery demise years after it was deserted.
Ogdensburg, New Jersey
Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.