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Washington, D.C.

Hall of Fake Presidents

Where you can hail your favorite fictional commanders-in-chief.
Pat Cassels Added by Pat Cassels
Woodside, California

Djerassi Ranch

Successful artist residence program has filled this ranch with dozens of sculptures over the years.
leiris Added by leiris
Coconino County, Arizona

Red Butte Airfield

The Grand Canyon’s original airport, which once welcomed pilots like Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh, lies abandoned.
WhiskeyBristles Added by WhiskeyBristles
Irvine, California

Peter the Anteater Statue

This bronze statue commemorates the strange and beloved mascot of UC Irvine—the only university to be represented by a giant anteater.
Added by alebrun
Hawthorne, Nevada

Hawthorne Ordnance Museum

Once a staging site for World War II munitions.
Added by Xtonx
Garretson, South Dakota

Palisades State Park

The cliff and rock formations are made out of Sioux Quartzite.
showmestateofmind Added by showmestateofmind
Deadwood, South Dakota

Mount Roosevelt Friendship Tower

Seth Bullock, the sheriff of Deadwood, built this town immediately after Teddy Roosevelt’s death in 1919.
Tubaturtle Added by Tubaturtle
Anaheim, California

Dominguez Palm Tree

A family agreed to sell their property to Disney on the condition that this tree, planted as a wedding gift, would not be removed.
Fred Cherrygarden Added by Fred Cherrygarden
Nye County, Nevada

Warm Springs Ghost Town

The only thing still moving in this town is the eponymous hot spring.
Added by Xtonx
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Telephone Pioneer Museum of New Mexico

An ode to the history of telephones inside a telephone building.
Added by volkscirocco
Denio, Nevada

Blue Lake

In the little-known Pine Forest Range in northwestern Nevada, a natural lake of glacial origin.
slgwv Added by slgwv
Las Vegas, Nevada

Tule Springs Fossil Beds

This arid landscape was once a lush wetland. Today, it's a paleontological site filled with fossilized mammoths, sabertooth cats, and more.
CoolCrab Added by CoolCrab
Mono Mills, California

Mono Mills

A relic of the region's once booming timber industry.
slgwv Added by slgwv
San Diego, California

San Diego Police Department Jail Cells and Police Exhibit

At this local mall, visitors are ushered through a 1940s jail exhibit.
Added by nsafipour
New York, New York

Swedish Cottage Marionette Theater

This theater opened in 1998, but both the building and the puppeteers who perform there have a distinguished history.
Anna Minster Added by Anna Minster
Reno, Nevada

'Jackson'

This former New Jersey bus now exists as a public art exhibit.
Anna Minster Added by Anna Minster
Nye County, Nevada

Icecap Ground Zero

A facility built in 1992 for an underground nuclear test remains in place today.
zliollio Added by zliollio
Los Angeles, California

Chaplin Keaton Lloyd Alley

The three biggest silent film stars once shot iconic scenes here.
Fred Cherrygarden Added by Fred Cherrygarden
Spearfish, South Dakota

Fish Car No. 3

This vintage train once gave new meaning to “swimming upstream.”
Alex Mayyasi Added by Alex Mayyasi
Nye County, Nevada

Tybo

Equipment used to mine silver and lead has been preserved in this almost-ghost town in northern Nye County.
slgwv Added by slgwv
Anaheim, California

Petrified Tree

The oldest attraction in Disneyland is a prehistoric stump that Walt may have bought for his wife.
Fred Cherrygarden Added by Fred Cherrygarden
Anaheim, California

Jingles

The lead horse on a Disneyland merry-go-round that is older than the park itself.
Fred Cherrygarden Added by Fred Cherrygarden
Austin, Nevada

Hickison Summit

This rest area is also home to a remarkable petroglyph site.
slgwv Added by slgwv
Solvang, California

Rundetaarn Replica

In the "Danish Capital of America," a replica of one of Copenhagen's most iconic buildings.
pavlovs dog Added by pavlovs dog