Minneapolis, Minnesota
Mill City Museum and site of "The Great Mill Disaster"
When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.
Places I've been
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Minneapolis, Minnesota
When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.
Three Forks, Montana
These giant metal horses graze on a hilltop near the Montana highway.
Naalehu, Hawaii
A beach made of semi-precious green sand on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi.
Hilo, Hawaii
Hide from the tourist hordes in these relatively unknown, and unguarded lava caves.
Sedona, Arizona
This 24-acre park offers a place for meditation in the midst of Sedona's iconic red rocks.
Portland, Oregon
Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.
Cartagena, Colombia
An inspired museum dedicated to the patron saint of enslaved people, inside the cloisters where he lived and died.
Cartagena, Colombia
This elegant Colombian fortress was one of the torture headquarters for the Spanish Inquisition.
New York, New York
This translucent sculpture represents a quintessential component of New York City's skyline.
New York, New York
This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.
Brackettville, Texas
Remembering the Alamo with a full-scale replica of the 1836 city.
Fredericksburg, Texas
An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.
Ingram, Texas
A recreated Stonehenge stands in a country field, complete with Easter Island moai heads standing as sentries.
Montrose, Colorado
A dangerous narrow-gauge railroad once traced a route through this striking canyon.
Chimney Rock, Colorado
Two tall rocks sit at the center of this site, once the home of a large Ancestral Puebloan community.
Alamosa, Colorado
When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.
CaƱon City, Colorado
The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.
Lake Havasu City, Arizona
This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.
Benson, Arizona
What is the Thing?
Flagstaff, Arizona
Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.
Sedona, Arizona
A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.
Oracle, Arizona
A reproduction of earth's many biomes.
Winslow, Arizona
This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."