Flagstaff, Arizona
Humphreys Peak
The highest point in Arizona is an oddly snow-topped peak within the otherwise arid state.
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Flagstaff, Arizona
The highest point in Arizona is an oddly snow-topped peak within the otherwise arid state.
Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska
The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.
Delta, Alabama
The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.
Roaming bison and a spectacular view at the highest point in Nebraska.
Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.
Ouray, Colorado
A recreation of an Old West apothecary full of curios.
Little America, Wyoming
Surrounded by a hundred mile radius of billboards, Little America is a roadside attraction whose primary appeal is hospitality.
Harpswell, Maine
An unusually designed bridge from the 1920s was built to withstand the tides and winds of Maine.
Washington, D.C.
Daredevil repair workers can worm their way out the access hatch, loop ropes over the apex and rappel down the monument.
Washington, D.C.
A cavernous three-story, 43,800-square-foot basement that was forgotten about for 60 years.
Halifax, Massachusetts
A pair of 7-foot legs belonging to the military man of the Mayflower stand jauntily by the side of the road.
Rumford, Maine
Plaque remembering the 18th century forced relocation of Acadians.
Gladbrook, Iowa
A single artist is behind these large-scale models made of hundreds of thousands of two-inch wooden matchsticks.
Ames, Iowa
Beating out all other concrete competitors, this massive garden feature's pointy hat has earned it a world record.
Boston, Massachusetts
Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.
Boston, Massachusetts
An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.
Rutland, Massachusetts
The ruins of a Massachusetts prison farm can still be found crumbling the woods of a state park.
Boston, Massachusetts
Site of a famous 19th-century transcendentalist utopian community, now abandoned.
Deer Isle, Maine
Sculptures, jams, and the wild west collide at this folksy retreat.
Columbia Falls, Maine
This colorful theme park dedicated the official fruit of Maine serves sweet, tasty treats.
New Portland, Maine
This Maine bridge may be the last wire-supported bridge of its type in the world.
Woodstock, Maine
A giant telephone commemorates the last "crank" call ever made in the U.S.
St George, Maine
A beautiful, water-filled quarry that has become a popular haunt for swimmers and artists.
Brownville, Maine
The remains of a large iron mill that once stood in the remote woods of northern Maine.