Sunol, California
Bosco the Dog Mayor
The black lab that was voted mayor of a California town is forever remembered by a life-size statue.
Places I've been
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Sunol, California
The black lab that was voted mayor of a California town is forever remembered by a life-size statue.
San Jose, California
Eight huge lanterns lining a city street can change color on command.
Knights Ferry, California
The longest covered bridge west of the Mississippi River.
Mount Hamilton, California
A 19th-century California philanthropist is entombed beneath the telescope he funded.
Walnut Grove, California
The only standing town in the United States that early Chinese Americans built for themselves.
Salinas, California
Traditional, pre-Hispanic food is served alongside classic favorites in this family-owned Mexican restaurant.
Idar-Oberstein, Germany
A tiny chapel clings to a precipice above Germany’s gemstone capital.
Providence, Rhode Island
From horses to stainless-steel trucks, this iconic Providence burger wagon is one of the oldest mobile diners in the country.
Oakley, Utah
What's a diner from the 1939 World's Fair doing in a remote Utah mountain town?
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Behind a modern brick exterior lies the oldest continuously-operating lunch-car diner in the United States.
Brevard, North Carolina
This granite rock face is named for the magnificent reflection that occurs when the sun hits it just right.
Ann Arbor, Michigan
These statues pay homage to the "green corridor" of parks and wetlands.
Shoreham, Australia
Australia's largest traditional hedge maze features a Great Gnome Hunt.
Promised Land, Australia
A huge maze complex and whimsical miniature village in Tasmania.
Blythe, California
Ancient human, animal, and geometric figures drawn in the earth.
Lake Havasu City, Arizona
This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.
Mecca, California
These lush groves of fan palms rise up like oases out of southern California's Colorado Desert.
Niland, California
An off-grid art installation that encourages its visitors to imagine a world without waste.
Calipatria, California
A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.
Calipatria, California
This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.
Quartzsite, Arizona
This memorial pyramid marker honors one of the United States Government's first official camel riders.
La Crosse, Wisconsin
Giant six-pack could provide one person a six-pack a day for 3,351 years.
Madison, Wisconsin
A largely forgotten and touching neoclassical marble fountain overlooking a bear mound effigy.
Glen Arbor Township, Michigan
This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.