New Orleans, Louisiana
Napoleon House
A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.
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New Orleans, Louisiana
A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.
Vernal, Utah
Sandstone rock formations that look like they belong on the cover of a progressive rock album.
District of Columbia
Giftshop catering to cryptozoologists and anyone with a sense of humor.
Castle Rock, Colorado
The remains of the dam that unleashed a 15-foot wall of water on Denver.
Antarctica
The bodies of some early polar pioneers are still buried beneath the harsh snows of the Antarctic.
Kaneohe, Hawaii
A Hawaiian stairway to heaven—that you can't climb.
Holbrook, Arizona
See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.
Abiquiu, New Mexico
Natural sonic phenomenon comes with a grisly legend of murder and blood.
Santa Rosa, New Mexico
A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.
Jemez Springs, New Mexico
A unique geological area spiked with wind-carved rocks that resemble teepees.
Florissant, Colorado
The largest source of fossilized insects anywhere.
Leadville, Colorado
Abandoned silver mine strewn with wrecked and twisted structures.
Sedona, Arizona
A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.
Beech Mountain, North Carolina
A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.
Balmorhea, Texas
A spring-fed pool so deep it's used for scuba diving as well as swimming.
Rocksprings, Texas
This sacred cavern, 400 feet deep, is home to millions of bats and an ancient burial ground.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
These massive mitts are made of 30 tons of devotional bronze.
Lawton, Oklahoma
American bison herd descending directly from a Bronx Zoo breeding program that saved the species from extinction.
San Antonio, Texas
The only museum dedicated to the history of the "Magic Lantern," a medieval slide projector.
Marble Falls Township, Texas
Civil War dumping ground for the bodies of terrorized Union sympathizers.
Casper, Wyoming
Devilish landscape, once cinema home to giant alien bugs, now derelict roadside attraction.
Keystone, South Dakota
The highest point in South Dakota contains the ashes of Valentine McGillycuudy, the "Holy White Man."