Bishop, California
Erick Schat's Bakkerÿ
A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.
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Bishop, California
A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.
Wendover, Utah
Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.
Cleveland, Ohio
The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."
Hastings, Nebraska
The home for all things Kool-Aid offers everything except a chance to actually enjoy the drink.
Joliet, Illinois
A historic and oft-filmed prison stands in a Chicago suburb.
Kingston, New York
The only intersection in America where the buildings on all four corners were built pre-Revolutionary War.
Howes Cave, New York
Why have you never heard of the second most popular tourist site in New York?
Schenectady, New York
This elaborate High Victorian Gothic structure is one of the world's few 16-sided buildings.
Menands, New York
The final resting place of President Chester A. Arthur and hundreds of others from Revolutionary War soldiers to poets, politicians, and painters.
Albany, New York
A CT scan revealed the identity of this 3,000-year-old mummy that everyone erroneously thought was female.
Montreux, Switzerland
This statue pays tribute to the iconic musician in the place where he recorded his final studio album.
Lake George, New York
All that remains of the once-booming chain is a single orange-roofed restaurant.
Mackinac County, Michigan
The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.
Mackinac Island, Michigan
Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.
Paradise, Michigan
This lighthouse and shipwreck museum keep a torch burning for the memory of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.
New York, New York
This hidden oasis features a stunning view of the Hudson River and the Palisades from a castle-like museum.
Washington, D.C.
There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.
Newton, Massachusetts
This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.
New York, New York
There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...
New Orleans, Louisiana
This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.
Schroon Lake, New York
This former theme park in New York's Adirondack Mountains fell into ruin before being resurrected as a state-run campground
Bethel, New York
The dairy farm in upstate New York where nearly half a million people gathered for three days of peace and music in 1969.