Taos Ski Valley, New Mexico
Wheeler Peak
This highest peak in New Mexico is named after an explorer who had a habit of lending his moniker to peaks.
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Taos Ski Valley, New Mexico
This highest peak in New Mexico is named after an explorer who had a habit of lending his moniker to peaks.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.
San Luis, Colorado
This shrine is an ode to the region's rich Hispanic heritage.
Alamosa, Colorado
When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.
Covington, Georgia
An ode to this small town's big film history.
Calhoun, Georgia
Incredible miniature towns and buildings created and decorated with thousands of tiny rocks.
St. Augustine, Florida
The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.
Tampa, Florida
These former theme park figures have a new lease on life outside a water plant-turned-restaurant.
Tampa, Florida
A memorial to legendary newsman, publisher, and owner of La Gaceta, the only trilingual newspaper in the U.S.
Tampa, Florida
A tiny, unassuming park in Tampa that belongs to the Republic of Cuba.
Gary, Indiana
This stunning gothic ruin was a casualty of the Indiana steel industry crash.
Paducah, Kentucky
A collection of outdoor art by renowned muralist Robert Dafford depicts the history of a flooded city.
Lyon, France
This abandoned church in central Lyon is missing its front stairs.
Rose Hill, North Carolina
The 15-foot-wide, 2-ton pan fries hundreds of chickens once a year.
Huntsville, Utah
Eat burgers beneath gargantuan taxidermy and thousands of dollar bills in Utah's oldest continuously-operating bar.
Soda Springs, Idaho
Home to a timed geyser created by complete accident.
Salt Lake City, Utah
This giant ice cream cone is the last remaining icon of a Salt Lake City staple.
Moab, Utah
This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.
Moab, Utah
The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.
Thompson Springs, Utah
Thousands of years ago, Indigenous people painted images onto these canyon walls that are still on display today, provocative, mysterious, and enduring reminders of the people who lived here long ago.
Green River, Utah
Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."
Memphis, Tennessee
Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.
Memphis, Tennessee
A Memphis park where you can walk the whole Mississippi River in one go.
Memphis, Tennessee
Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.