Fort Kent, Maine
America's First Mile
A monument marks the beginning of the longest north-south road in the United States.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Fort Kent, Maine
A monument marks the beginning of the longest north-south road in the United States.
Eastend, Saskatchewan
Built after the 1991 discovery of one of the world's most complete T.rex skeletons in the nearby hills.
Point Roberts, Washington
An American city stranded at the tip of a Canadian peninsula where strict adherence to the "49th parallel rule" became problematic.
Wallace, Idaho
A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."
Holbrook, Arizona
A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.
Holbrook, Arizona
See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.
Juneau, Alaska
Impressive artifacts from Juneau's gold mining days fill this mining site-turned-museum.
Juneau, Alaska
Breathtakingly blue walls shimmer inside the "Glacier Behind the Town."
Grand Marais, Minnesota
Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.
Little Rock, Arkansas
This Little Rock legend has survived decades of rowdy crowds, three fires, and a zombie wedding.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
The Real LegoLand.
Avella, Pennsylvania
This Pennsylvania cave holds evidence of the oldest known inhabitants of North America.
Bellaire, Ohio
There are more than 4 million bricks inside this unofficial Lego museum in a former middle school.
Belhaven, North Carolina
A monument to the sheer amount of oddities one can collect over a lifetime.
Ocracoke, North Carolina
The North Carolina grounds are leased in perpetuity to the British Commonwealth for as long as the WWII sailors are buried there.
Ocracoke, North Carolina
A forgotten sea village stands silent after hurricanes deemed it obsolete.
McConnelsville, Ohio
All that remains of a gigantic earth-moving machine.
Fayetteville, West Virginia
One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.
Ansted, West Virginia
The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.
Southern Pines, North Carolina
A curious blend of taxidermy, antique tools, creationism, and a purported antediluvian rock.
Calipatria, California
A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.
Los Angeles, California
High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.
Cave Junction, Oregon
This natural marble cave is one of only five national monuments in Oregon.