Springfield, Illinois
Cozy Dog Drive In
This diner serves Route 66 nostalgia and what it claims is the 'original' hot dog on a stick.
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Springfield, Illinois
This diner serves Route 66 nostalgia and what it claims is the 'original' hot dog on a stick.
Bisbee, Arizona
A living snapshot of a different time in America is preserved and maintained by a community of volunteers.
Boulder, Montana
This off-the-beaten-path abandoned town is a relic of Montana's silver mining boom.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.
Cody, Wyoming
At the time of its completion, it was the tallest dam in the world.
Liberal, Kansas
A house turned museum is the real-life "home" of the fictional main character of The Wizard of Oz.
Houston, Texas
A former post office turned venue, food hall, and retail center.
Katy, Texas
255 feet of suds, scrubbers, and blow dryers.
Hot Springs, Arkansas
This Arkansas town is known for its gangster history, its healing waters, and now its brews.
Terlingua, Texas
An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.
Big Bend National Park, Texas
This gravity-defying rock formation is one of Big Bend’s natural wonders.
Chickasha, Oklahoma
A 50-foot-tall replica of the infamous lamp from 'A Christmas Story' illuminates this small town.
Burnet, Texas
An immense cave that has served as an outlaw's treasure trove, an underground dance hall, a nuclear fallout shelter, and much more.
Balmorhea, Texas
A spring-fed pool so deep it's used for scuba diving as well as swimming.
Amarillo, Texas
This constitutionally sound Muffler Man harkens back to the days these attractions were a must-see.
Amarillo, Texas
A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.
Fallon, Nevada
A tree bears footwear on the loneliest road in America.
Tonopah, Nevada
A stretch of highway even lonelier than the so-called "Loneliest Road in America."
Fallon, Nevada
Singing sand that stands as the final remains of an ancient lake.
Denio, Nevada
Mine your own precious stones.
Three Forks, Montana
The source of America's longest river is also a historical landmark and the start of a famous nude run.
Butte, Montana
Multiple monuments to a grizzled old mutt that survived the landscape of Butte's treacherous Berkeley Pit.
Anaconda, Montana
A smoke stack so large, the Washington Monument could fit inside!