Guymon, Oklahoma
U.S. Route 412
Is this 47.7-mile stretch of highway the longest straight road in the United States?
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Guymon, Oklahoma
Is this 47.7-mile stretch of highway the longest straight road in the United States?
Pueblo, Colorado
This three-mile concrete levee in Pueblo, Colorado was transformed into the world’s longest painting.
La Junta, Colorado
Once a lonely sentinel on the edge of the Great Plains, this rebuilt trading fort offers a glimpse of life on the Santa Fe Trail.
La Junta, Colorado
The largest dinosaur trackway in North America is tucked away among this canyon's ghosts and archaeological gems.
Dawson, New Mexico
All that remains of this abandoned coal town is a beautiful, haunting cemetery.
Skagway, Alaska
Originally a brothel during the Klondike Gold Rush, this bar once used dolls to denote when ladies were working.
Wayne, Alberta
This ghost-town bar has bullet holes and plenty of stories lurking within its walls.
Madrid, New Mexico
Home to New Mexico's longest bar, this watering hole also has a mining museum and a haunted history.
Wickenburg, Arizona
This tucked-away cemetery is the final resting place of a prospector who uncovered one of the largest gold mines in Arizona.
Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico
This 1950s-era nostalgic roadside New Mexico attraction consists of a quirky curio store and museum embedded into the face of a cave.
Lincoln, New Mexico
The site of Billy the Kid’s most famous escape and the end to the Lincoln County War.
Capitan, New Mexico
The final resting place of the living embodiment of the famous Forest Service symbol.
White Oaks, New Mexico
In a largely deserted ghost town, a little brick building recalls its history as a gold rush hub and haven for outlaws.
Mountainair, New Mexico
The remains of Abó, Gran Quivera, and Qurai are monuments to the long, complicated history of the Indigenous people of the Southwest.
Chinle, Arizona
Red sandstone structures dominate this landscape, which has been inhabited for some 5,000 years.
Retford, England
One of the earliest large-scale "hyper" roofs in the U.K. is now a derelict roadside attraction.
Holbrook, Arizona
For those going through a life transition, a place to leave behind a piece of your former self.
Houck, Arizona
This abandoned bootleg attraction was built to cash in on the popularity of classic TV show, F Troop.
Page, Arizona
This unique art installation used boiler tubes from a decommissioned power plant to resemble Antelope Canyon.
Harbor Beach, Michigan
An easy-to-reach, century-old shipwreck in shallow and crystal clear waters.
Cass City, Michigan
Ancient petroglyphs discovered only after a massive fire swept across Michigan in the 1880s.
Au Gres, Michigan
The very isolated Charity Island Lighthouse has been watching over Saginaw Bay since 1857.
Port Austin, Michigan
Turnip-shaped island just off the Michigan shore in Lake Huron.
Port Austin, Michigan
Artist Scott Hocking took a dilapidated 1890s barn to create his massive "Barnboat."