Alamogordo, New Mexico
White Sands National Park
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.
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Alamogordo, New Mexico
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.
Taos, New Mexico
A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.
Los Alamos, New Mexico
A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.
Cañon City, Colorado
The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.
U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado
Air Force Academy Chapel made of 100 identical tetrahedrons works to inspire those of all religions.
Estes Park, Colorado
Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."
Bartlesville, Oklahoma
An oil baron's wild paradise and the winner of an ill-fated air race.
West Mineral, Kansas
The Bucyrus-Erie model 1850B electric shovel, or "Big Brutus," the largest existing electric shovel in the world.
Kansas City, Missouri
Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.
Kansas City, Missouri
Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.
Shravanabelagola, India
World's tallest monolithic statue has served as a pilgrimage site since its completion in 993 CE.
Mysore, India
Modest by day, illuminated majestically at sunset.
New Delhi, India
An ancient iron pillar in Delhi that seems to be rustproof.
Jaipur, India
More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.
Jaipur, India
The world's second-largest sundial, made entirely out of stone.
Jaipur, India
The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.
Abhaneri, India
Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.
Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
The world's longest known cave system.
Middleton, Wisconsin
More than 5,000 contemporary and "historic" mustards from around the world.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.
Titusville, Florida
A building so large that it has its own weather.
Weeki Wachee, Florida
Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.