Oneida, New York
Oneida Community Mansion House
The shared home of a utopian commune that practiced "free love" a century before the hippies.
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Oneida, New York
The shared home of a utopian commune that practiced "free love" a century before the hippies.
Cherokee, North Carolina
Step back in time on this preserved 1800s farm.
Townsend, Tennessee
In one of America’s oldest mountain ranges, a long-awaited section of a scenic highway is now open to the public.
Bryson City, North Carolina
This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.
Lookout Mountain, Tennessee
This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
This historic train station has been converted to a locomotive themed hotel.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Follow the steps, and this roadside artwork will teach you how to dance.
Marietta, Georgia
This abstract roadside poultry was saved from demolition by outraged drivers and pilots.
Lancaster, California
Built by one man in the '20s, this site is now a museum representing the Great Basin cultures.
Baker, California
No one’s quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.
Inyo County, California
"Only the devil could play golf here."
Inyo County, California
The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.
San Francisco, California
Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.
Lancaster, California
Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.
San Francisco, California
A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.
Fort Bragg, California
A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.
Xcalacoop, Mexico
A magical sinkhole on the Yucatán Peninsula is adorned with mini waterfalls and hanging vines.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
Clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and the song of a sacred Mayan bird will echo through the air.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.
Vernon, Florida
For a time this small Florida town of less than 1,000 residents was the national leader in dismemberment.
Pensacola, Florida
Florida’s half-sized replica of the Vietnam Veterans Wall.