Oakley, Kansas
Monument Rocks
One of the Eight Wonders of Kansas and the first official National Natural Monument these stark formations look like nature's Stonehenge.
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Eureka Springs, Arkansas
Quigley's Castle
The Ozarks' strangest dwelling.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Flamingo Habitat
An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.
Yellville, Arkansas
Rush Ghost Town
The final remnant of the Arkansas zinc industry is this historically protected ghost town.
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
The 1886 Crescent Hotel and Spa
This haunted hotel built on natural springs once served as a hospital for a quack doctor promising a cure for cancer.
Memphis, Tennessee
Sun Studio
This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.
Wamego, Kansas
Oz Museum
A wonderful collection of all things Oz is nestled in the heart of Kansas.
Silver City, New Mexico
Gila Cliff Dwellings
These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.
Hutchinson, Kansas
Strataca, The Kansas Underground Salt Museum
Home to Hollywood history and a very special salt crystal.
New York, New York
Radio City Music Hall's Secret Apartment
Built as a gift to the hottest tastemaker of the time, these hidden quarters remain an Art Deco showpiece.
Memphis, Tennessee
Peabody Hotel Duck March
Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.
Memphis, Tennessee
National Civil Rights Museum
The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.
St. Joseph, Missouri
Glore Psychiatric Museum
The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.
Murfreesboro, Arkansas
Crater of Diamonds State Park
The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Old Faithful Geyser
One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
Thorncrown Chapel
This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.
Bryce, Utah
Bryce Canyon
Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Garden of the Gods
Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
The Center of the Universe
An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause sits in the heart of Tulsa.
Carlsbad, New Mexico
Carlsbad Caverns
The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."
Roswell, New Mexico
International UFO Museum and Research Center
A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.
Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth Water Gardens
A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Grand Prismatic Spring
The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Morning Glory Pool
A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.
