Bend, Oregon
Bend Blockbuster Video
The world's last remaining store of its kind.
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Bend, Oregon
The world's last remaining store of its kind.
Waukesha, Wisconsin
A forgotten Cold War relic hidden in the outskirts of a Wisconsin city.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
A trailblazing sovereign nation tucked in the American state of Wisconsin.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
An off-the-beaten-path place to literally hang beneath Milwaukee's Holton Street Bridge.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
A place to eat for on-the-run agents and espionage enthusiasts.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Six tiny houses built for working class people form the largest intentional cluster of Wright homes anywhere.
Des Moines, Iowa
The headquarters of the prestigious World Food Prize celebrates the heroes in the fight against hunger, has no cafeteria.
Des Moines, Iowa
Millions of dollars worth of sculpture decorate this Iowa city center.
West Des Moines, Iowa
A small burial plot formerly stranded in the middle of a road.
Dexter, Iowa
The notorious couple camped at this site after a bloody shootout with police.
Adair, Iowa
Lured here by the promise of tens of thousands in gold, Jesse James started a quintessentially American trend of robbing trains in-motion.
Council Bluffs, Iowa
The world's only three-story rotary jail is now a museum to a bizarre trend in prison design.
Falls City, Nebraska
A eclectic collection of military memorabilia.
Ashland, Oregon
A public fountain that spouts "health water" from a nearby spring.
Oroville, California
Home of what was the largest hydraulic mine in the world, producing gold and the first diamonds in the U.S.
Rough and Ready, California
The first U.S. town to secede from the Union, only to vote themselves right back in.
West Sacramento, California
I Street Bridge is the heaviest swinging center bridge in the United States.
Davis, California
Special tunnels built so that frogs won't be killed when crossing the highway.
Napa, California
The largest drain hole in the world.
Calistoga, California
California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.
Calistoga, California
This historic California cemetery holds the bodies of veterans of both the Civil War and the Donner Party.
Calistoga, California
California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.
Calistoga, California
The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.