Black Canyon City, Arizona
I-17 Mystery Christmas Tree
Every year, festive decorations appear on this juniper tree located in the median strip of a busy highway.
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Black Canyon City, Arizona
Every year, festive decorations appear on this juniper tree located in the median strip of a busy highway.
Yavapai County, Arizona
Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.
Camp Verde, Arizona
This oversized flute-playing Ancestral Puebloan deity is also a landmark of Southwestern kitsch.
Grants, New Mexico
A frozen oasis lies beneath the scorching New Mexico desert.
Roswell, New Mexico
The symbol was surreptitiously built into the river bank by German prisoners of war.
Roswell, New Mexico
A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.
Roswell, New Mexico
This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.
Roswell, New Mexico
A blacklight journey through a celestial art exhibit.
Roswell, New Mexico
Hidden in the New Mexico desert southeast of Roswell, nine small deep lakes formed inside sinkholes.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
This is one really big nut.
Alpine, Texas
This is probably not the Target you're looking for.
Port Aransas, Texas
The oldest functional consecrated church on Mustang Island.
Aransas Pass, Texas
A tower that pays homage to local sailors who perished under the waves.
Corpus Christi, Texas
A memorial dedicated to the Tejano superstar Selena Quintanilla-Pérez.
Rockport, Texas
The tree is thought to be the oldest oak in Texas and was once crowned state champion for its monumental size.
Lafayette, Louisiana
A reimagined 19th-century Acadian village featuring authentic Cajun-style homes filled with artifacts specific to the period.
Gulfport, Mississippi
A brick-lined alley full of public artwork tucked away in downtown Gulfport.
Pensacola, Florida
Florida’s half-sized replica of the Vietnam Veterans Wall.
Pensacola, Florida
A local landmark with generations of spraypainted messages, and more being added each day.
Pensacola, Florida
This now-deactivated naval base defended the Florida coast for centuries.
Chipley, Florida
A giant 400-acre preserve in North Florida for displaced wolves.
Thurmont, Maryland
This Maryland farm is known for its amazing corn mazes and its 30-foot junkbots.
White Post, Virginia
Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.
Middletown, Maryland
Built by the patriotic residents of Boonsboro in a single day.