Florissant, Colorado
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
The largest source of fossilized insects anywhere.
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Florissant, Colorado
The largest source of fossilized insects anywhere.
Boulder, Colorado
This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.
Wall, South Dakota
The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.
St. Johnsbury, Vermont
A small chapel celebrating the spiritual bond between dogs and humans.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause sits in the heart of Tulsa.
Lawrence, Kansas
Lone survivor from Custer's Last Stand forever preserved.
Oakley, Kansas
Home of mutant livestock.
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.
Taos, New Mexico
A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.
Homosassa, Florida
Meet manatees face-to-face at this zoo for native species.
South Bay, Florida
One of many gator theme parks, abandoned in the sugar fields of South Florida.
Salem, New Hampshire
America's oldest archaeological site or a muddled case of wishful thinking.
Bridgeport, Connecticut
A museum designed by and dedicated to P.T. Barnum in the town where he is buried.
Hartford, Connecticut
The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.
New Haven, Connecticut
Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.
Waterbury, Connecticut
A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."
Boston, Massachusetts
Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.
Concord, Massachusetts
"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."
Denver, Colorado
The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.
Estes Park, Colorado
Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."
Denver, Colorado
A downtown park built on top of unclaimed graves.
Golden, Colorado
The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.