Colorado Springs, Colorado
Garden of the Gods
Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.
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Colorado Springs, Colorado
Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.
Lakewood, Colorado
At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.
Dallas, Texas
A school-themed restaurant where gastronomy is the core curriculum.
Mineral Wells, Texas
This former Texas landfill is flush with 300 million-year-old fossils, all fit for the taking.
Mineral Wells, Texas
Crumbling hotel echoes with the sounds of the '30s.
Nashville, Tennessee
This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.
Sevierville, Tennessee
Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.
Beaufort, North Carolina
A maritime museum holding the remains of Blackbeard's pirate ship.
Austin, Texas
Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.
Wichita, Kansas
A mysterious and terrifying public art goblin seemingly meant to inspire local legend.
St. Louis, Missouri
Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.
Dallas, Texas
A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.
Memphis, Tennessee
Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.
Memphis, Tennessee
Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.
Memphis, Tennessee
The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.
New Orleans, Louisiana
By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.
Asheville, North Carolina
This giant iron playfully pays tribute to an early 20th-century architectural trend.
Wilson, North Carolina
A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.
Norfolk, Virginia
This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Scenic mount trashmore, Virginia Beach's most curious waterfront still has a couple of secrets.
Virginia Beach, Virginia
The home of pigs, snakes, chameleons, and the alleged largest bunny in the United States.
Cabazon, California
The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.
Los Angeles, California
Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.