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Nashville, Tennessee

Yay Yay's

Buttermilk biscuits so nice, you'll say “yay” twice.
Madison, Tennessee

Pinky Ring Pizza

Pickles belong on pizza and this freewheeling outpost proves it.
Nashville, Tennessee

Brown's Diner

This beloved cheeseburger-slinging trailer holds Nashville's oldest beer license.
Saline, Louisiana

Briarwood Nature Preserve

The home and birthplace of Caroline Dormon, a naturalist, artist, and the "mother of the Kisatchie National Forest."
San Francisco, California

Mary Ellen Pleasant Memorial Park

One of the smallest parks in San Francisco honors the legacy of the "Mother of Civil Rights in California."
Seattle, Washington

Northwest African American Museum

Now a museum, once the site of the longest act of civil disobedience in United States history.
Punta Gorda, Florida

Radioactive Fountain of Youth

Some believe Ponce de León's mystical spring lurks right under a public drinking fountain.
Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta Black Crackers Practice Field

One of the only remaining vestiges of baseball's Negro Leagues in Atlanta.
Denver, Colorado

Jack Swigert Statue

In the middle of a busy airport, a statue honoring the astronaut who told Houston that Apollo 13 had a problem.
San Francisco, California

'World Sources of Food'

A four paneled, brightly multicolored mosaic adorns the side of this popular grocery store.
Palmdale, California

Blackbird Airpark

See four top-secret US spy aircraft of the Cold War era, including the legendary SR-71 Blackbird and the A-12 Oxcart.
Lundy, California

May Lundy Mine

A scenic hike in the High Sierra that ends at an old gold mine.
Ukiah, California

Vichy Springs

Naturally carbonated water fills the mineral baths at this 19th-century California resort.
Great Yarmouth, England

Suspension Bridge Disaster Memorial

On May 2, 1845, crowds gathered to watch a clown and four geese sail upstream in a bathtub. Then disaster struck.
Cleveland, Ohio

George Masaveg Art Home

One man's collection of found art, sculpture, and ephemera adorns his two side-by-side homes.
Adaven, Nevada

Basin and Range National Monument

A large, remote national monument highlights the typical geologic structure seen in Nevada.
San Francisco, California

Chinese Historical Society of America

This museum in San Francisco's Chinatown is one of the oldest and largest archives of Chinese American history and culture.
Hastings, Nebraska

Bigfoot Crossroads of America

This museum started by a curious collector is now a place for believers and skeptics alike.
New Orleans, Louisiana

Piazza d'Italia

A unique post-modern public space in the middle of the Warehouse District in New Orleans.
Campo, California

Pacific Southwest Railway Museum

A historic train ride from California to Mexico.
West Chester, Pennsylvania

American Helicopter Museum and Education Center

A converted hangar displays dozens of helicopters, from a famous 1943 rescue chopper to several autogyros.
San Francisco, California

Sutro Heights Park

A hidden gem, named after a San Franciscan icon, offers spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean.
Punta Arenas, Chile

Museo de Historia Natural Río Seco

A gorgeous and extensive collaboration between biologists and artists, displaying skeletons and other animal remnants in lifelike poses.
Lakeview, Oregon

Old Perpetual Geyser

Along the Outback Scenic Byway, adjacent to hot springs, this human-made geothermal feature takes unexplained breaks.