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Leadville, Colorado

Irish Miners' Memorial and Cemetery

Thousands of unmarked, sunken graves in a pauper's cemetery.
Santa Fe, New Mexico

Sky Railway

The railroad turning train travel into a cinematic, highly immersive experience has a fascinating connection to Game of Thrones.
Sponsored by Visit Santa Fe
Santa Fe, New Mexico

El Rancho de Las Golondrinas

Step back in time at an outdoor living history museum where New Mexico's cultural traditions come alive.
Sponsored by Visit Santa Fe
Estes Park, Colorado

Birch Ruins

Hike to the decaying remains of a dream house with a spectacular view.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Miss America Statues

Three bronze beauty queens welcome you to “Miss America University.”
Mexico City, Mexico

Capilla de la Conchita (Church of the Immaculate Conception)

One of the oldest Christian churches still standing in the Americas, and almost certainly Mexico's oldest in continuous use.
Mound House, Nevada

VW Beetle Spider

On the side of Highway 50 East, between Carson City and Dayton, Nevada, sits a giant metal spider made from a vintage Volkswagen Beetle.
West Palm Beach, Florida

Unit 11 in the Everglades

A failed, un-built suburb that has been going feral for decades.
St. Augustine, Florida

St. Photios National Greek Orthodox Shrine

Location of a reliquary containing bone fragments of 18 saints.
Jupiter, Florida

Al Capone’s Tomato Farm and Burt Reynolds Ranch

Before this area was filled with luxury homes, it was a movie star's 160-acre ranch and a gangster's hideout.
Tres Piedras, New Mexico

$CRAP$ Shrine

It is intended to take one back to a stripped-down simplicity, to spend extended time both inside and out, and absorb the natural drama of the Upper Rio Grande Valley.
Rocheport, Missouri

Rocheport River Gnome

This whimsical statue marks the high water level from the Great Flood of 1993.
Washington, D.C.

Washington Monument Commemorative Stones

Ruins from the Parthenon and petrified wood line the interior of one of the world's most famous monuments.
Athens, Georgia

Carter-Coile Country Doctors Museum

This tiny museum honors the rural country doctor experience.
Houston, Texas

Soy Pinoy

Two James Beard Award-winning chefs are putting their own spin on Filipino favorites in a food market stall.
Cimarron, New Mexico

Statue of Lucien B. Maxwell

An unconventional monument to one of America's largest landowners.
Grapevine, Texas

The Real Unreal

Fall through a crack in the seams of reality at this immersive art installation.
Eagle Nest, New Mexico

Palisades Sill

Spectacular 300-foot cliffs in a lush mountain canyon.
Tempe, Arizona

Miners Rock Shop

A family-owned store specializing in minerals, geodes, gemstones, and more.
Moapa Valley, Nevada

Buffington Pockets

The rocks exposed at Valley of Fire State Park also occur in a much less known but equally spectacular area a few miles to the southwest.
Clinton, Tennessee

Roadside Signs of Harrison Mayes

The physical legacy of one man’s lifetime mission, following a near-fatal mine accident, to publicly proselytize for Christianity.
Las Vegas, Nevada

Ice Age Fossils State Park

Pleistocene megafauna fossils are the subject of Nevada's newest state park at the northern edge of the Las Vegas metropolitan area.
Green Cove Springs, Florida

Old Clay County Jail

The second oldest jail in Florida gives insight into the realities of the criminal justice system at the turn of the 20th century.
Louisville, Kentucky

North of Bourbon

The menus here are a love letter to the culinary history of New Orleans.