Austin, Texas
Frost Bank Tower
Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.
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Austin, Texas
Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.
Culberson County, Texas
The highest point in Texas is capped by a big silver pyramid.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.
Key West, Florida
"We Seceded Where Others Failed."
Key West, Florida
An idyllic swimming pool tells the tale of Hemingway's trouble with women.
Key West, Florida
The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.
Key West, Florida
The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity's microbrewery.
Fort Myers, Florida
One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.
Titusville, Florida
A building so large that it has its own weather.
Cape Canaveral, Florida
This abandoned NASA launch site is now a memorial to a trio of astronauts who were killed there.
St. Augustine, Florida
The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.
St. Augustine, Florida
An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.
Key West, Florida
A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.
Key West, Florida
The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.
Honolulu, Hawaii
Once the site of the Hawaiian monarchy, this building was originally designed as a palace.
Lahaina, Hawaii
Take shelter from Hawai'i's tropical heat under the massive canopy of largest Banyan tree on the island.
Park City, Utah
The largest wildlife crossing in Utah allows local fauna to safely traverse the six-lane Interstate 80 at Parleys Canyon.
Torrey, Utah
A striking, menacing sandstone peak towering above a landscape that's equal parts Mordor and the Moon.
Dolores, Colorado
A boulder so big and tough, they had to turn it into a landmark.
Brandon, Colorado
The hallowed ground of one of the worst atrocities in United States history.
Carbondale, Colorado
Once owned by the largest employer in Colorado, these ovens have been abandoned for over a century.
Lakeside, Colorado
One of the oldest continuously operating amusement parks in the U.S. is an open-air museum of Art Deco and neon lights.
Reno, Nevada
The arch that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways.
Elko, Nevada
The world's largest dead polar bear, immortalized by taxidermy and Hunter S. Thompson.