Yermo, California
Peggy Sue's 50's Diner & Diner-Saur Park
Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.
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Yermo, California
Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.
Yermo, California
A collection of anti-communist sculptures stands watch in the Mojave Desert.
Yermo, California
A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.
Baker, California
Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.
Charlevoix, Michigan
Unique Michigan homes look like something out of Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings."
Cincinnati, Ohio
What is it about mushrooms that makes people wish they lived inside of them?
Cincinnati, Ohio
Mussolini gave Cincinnati a bronze statue of Romulus and Remus suckling at a wolf's teats.
Louisville, Kentucky
The grave of the iconic Kentucky Fried Chicken mascot features a bust of the man behind the goatee.
Morrison, Colorado
Drift through decades of high desert music history at this funky hometown museum.
Salt Lake City, Utah
Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.
Salt Lake City, Utah
A hidden garden of stones engraved with scriptures, a Joseph Smith Sphinx, all carved by one man.
Salt Lake City, Utah
In 1847, Brigham Young climbed this hill to survey the Salt Lake Valley and saw a fine place to build a city.
Brian Head, Utah
Erosion and various mineral deposits give this striking canyon its distinct color and soft appearance.
Springdale, Utah
The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.
Sedona, Arizona
A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.
Yavapai County, Arizona
Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.
Flagstaff, Arizona
Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.
Austin, Texas
This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.
Portland, Oregon
These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.
La Jolla, California
A dramatic coastline that’s home to a rare pine tree.
Mitchell, South Dakota
A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.
Columbia, South Carolina
An old train trestle re-imagined as an Egyptian obelisk.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.