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General Sherman

Sequoia National Park, California

General Sherman

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

Methuselah Tree

Big Pine, California

Methuselah Tree

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

Crazy Horse Memorial

Custer, South Dakota

Crazy Horse Memorial

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

December 2008

Amarillo, Texas

Cadillac Ranch

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.

Valley View Hot Springs

Moffat, Colorado

Valley View Hot Springs

Community owned and operated, this property is home to a diverse set of nudists.

Star trails trace the night sky above snow-covered mountains and sand dunes.

Alamosa, Colorado

Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

Taos Pueblo

Taos, New Mexico

Taos Pueblo

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

Gettysburg Cyclorama

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Gettysburg Cyclorama

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

Eastern State Penitentiary

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Eastern State Penitentiary

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

Bunker at Cape May Point. (Andriy Boychuk)

Cape May, New Jersey

Bunker At Cape May Point

World War II bunker still standing on the New Jersey beach.

Olana

Hudson, New York

Olana

The Hudson River School comes alive at this palatial estate.

Lincoln Square

Bennington, Vermont

Lincoln Square

The Vermont square that inspired Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery."

Howe Caverns

Howes Cave, New York

Howe Caverns

Why have you never heard of the second most popular tourist site in New York?

One of the many appearances of Champ throughout Burlington

Burlington, Vermont

Lake Champlain Monster Monument

Cryptid lake monster honored with its own monument.

Cave Entrance

Kutztown, Pennsylvania

Crystal Cave

In which a local geological marvel becomes a quaint roadside attraction.

Roadside America
Permanently Closed

Shartlesville, Pennsylvania

Roadside America

An indoor miniature village and labor of love for Laurence Geiringer, a model railroad enthusiast.

Centralia

Aristes, Pennsylvania

Centralia

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

South of the Border

Hamer, South Carolina

South of the Border

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

New Vrindaban Palace of Gold

Moundsville, West Virginia

New Vrindaban Palace of Gold

Despite its lavish ornamentation, and wholesome lifestyle of its devotees, this mountain commune has faced its share of issues.

Original bridge across the southern end of Lake Champlain, demolished in 2009

Addison, Vermont

Crown Point Bridge

Lake Champlain Bridge, the recently demolished and rebuilt bridge where they filmed "What Lies Beneath".

(Gut Hook)

Mendon, Vermont

Cooper's Cabin

Small rustic cabin nested in the mountains of Killington, Vermont.

Concrete City
Permanently Closed

Nanticoke, Pennsylvania

Concrete City

Buildings that dynamite couldn't bring down were abandoned because of bathroom issues.

Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct Suspension Bridge

Barryville, New York

Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct Suspension Bridge

Oldest existing wire suspension bridge in the United States.

Wall Drug

Wall, South Dakota

Wall Drug

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

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