Hallandale Beach, Florida
Pegasus and Dragon
The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.
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Hallandale Beach, Florida
The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.
Miami, Florida
Neglected resting place of some of the city's early luminaries—and a woman encased in concrete.
North Miami Beach, Florida
St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.
Supply, North Carolina
This handcrafted, old western-style town is filled with deserted cars, retired movie props, and other forms of Americana.
Wilmington, North Carolina
An exotic reptile facility showcasing some of the rarest, most venomous snakes in the world.
Tallahassee, Florida
This historic crypt was said to have been designed and built by the very person who is buried inside of it.
Florence, South Carolina
"Not too many people can say they've had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, not too many would want to." — Walter Gregg.
Bishopville, South Carolina
One man's extraordinary topiary garden in a small South Carolina town.
Folly Beach, South Carolina
Twenty-eight years after this local landmark was washed ashore by hurricane Hugo, it was washed away by hurricane Irma.
Ocracoke, North Carolina
A forgotten sea village stands silent after hurricanes deemed it obsolete.
Tallahassee, Florida
This sidewalk monument honors more than 50 civil rights activists who helped change the face of America.
Tallahassee, Florida
A trove of tiny treasures hidden within a Florida park.
Hartsville, South Carolina
The sole remaining outpost of a once-thriving South Carolina chain still sells “pic-a-nic” baskets.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
It's easy to see why this eclectic architectural wonder has been dubbed the "Spaceship House."
Albuquerque, New Mexico
If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."
Santa Fe, New Mexico
A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.
Las Cruces, New Mexico
The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.
Roswell, New Mexico
The symbol was surreptitiously built into the river bank by German prisoners of war.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
This opulent Pueblo Deco movie palace melds Art Deco and Native American motifs.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
A sculpture of a flying hawk made from colorful car doors.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
The home of famed war correspondent Ernie Pyle is now a library and museum dedicated to his memory.
Memphis, Tennessee
Ethereal alien hums and haunting whale songs emitting from...a giant sheet of vibrating metal?
El Paso, Texas
Natural catch-basin rocks covered in thousands of drawings spanning many millennia.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.