Custer, South Dakota
Crazy Horse Memorial
The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.
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Custer, South Dakota
The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.
Taos, New Mexico
A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.
Green River, Utah
Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."
Key West, Florida
The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.
Nageezi, New Mexico
A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.
Los Angeles, California
This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.
Kane, Utah
This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.
Tulelake, California
Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.
Durango, Colorado
This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.
St. Augustine, Florida
A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.
Chicago, Illinois
The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.
Tonopah, Nevada
Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.
Cairo, Illinois
A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.
Las Vegas, Nevada
A collection of haunted objects and macabre oddities under one roof.
Los Angeles, California
This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.
Alamosa, Colorado
When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.
Bryce, Utah
Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."
North Miami Beach, Florida
St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.
St. Louis, Missouri
Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.
Mitchell, Oregon
Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.
Las Vegas, Nevada
The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.
Sequoia National Park, California
Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).
San Luis Obispo, California
A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.