Kansas City, Missouri
Country Club Plaza
The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.
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Kansas City, Missouri
The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.
Kansas City, Missouri
This giant green head remembers one of America's jazz giants.
Islamorada, Florida
This lush Florida island is home to the ruins of a crooked ship breaker's tiny empire.
Key West, Florida
An idyllic swimming pool tells the tale of Hemingway's trouble with women.
Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska
The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.
Whittier, Alaska
This small city where almost everyone lives in the same building can only be reached via North America's longest tunnel.
Ketchikan, Alaska
One of two side-by-side totem pole parks dedicated to educating visitors on Tlingit history and culture.
Winslow, Arizona
One of the final grand railway depot hotel complexes is slowly being restored to its former glory.
Casper, Wyoming
A popular rock that acted as a waymarker for American pioneers.
Chicago, Illinois
The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.
Key West, Florida
"We Seceded Where Others Failed."
Key West, Florida
The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.
Key West, Florida
A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.
Sullivan, Missouri
400 million-year old limestone caverns nestled in the Ozarks served as shelter and a hideout for cultures throughout North American history.
Estes Park, Colorado
Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."
Leadville, Colorado
Abandoned silver mine strewn with wrecked and twisted structures.
Bryce, Utah
Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."
Las Vegas, Nevada
Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.
San Francisco, California
The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.
San Francisco, California
A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.
Winslow, Arizona
This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.
Holbrook, Arizona
See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.
Amarillo, Texas
A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.
Columbia, Missouri
Curious cave that stays a cool 56 degrees all year long.