All Places in the United States

The last location where Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson played before their tragic deaths.

The oldest brick saltbox house in America.

Dozens of bronze sculptures are woven into the landscape along this trail.

One of the largest private collections of fossils in the world.

Despite monuments in other locations, this spot in a South Dakota field is recognized by the U.S. National Geodetic Survey as the center of the 50 states.

This oversized flute-playing Ancestral Puebloan deity is also a landmark of Southwestern kitsch.

A stone marker dedicated to a Black veteran of the American Revolution who refused to leave his land near Walden Pond.

A group of college students hauled a desk up a mountain more than 40 years ago. The notebooks inside have become a makeshift time capsule.

In the hills of southern Indiana is the idyllic studio and museum of legendary artist T.C. Steele.

This man's death led (indirectly) to Vermont's independence in 1777.

Come for the 14-foot-long taxidermy alligator. Stay for the mini costumed gators shooting pool.

A wealth of seafaring history displayed on the California coast.

A striking lighthouse with views of the Gulf of Mexico and of a military air show.

A small museum celebrating the life of the first Black four-star general in Air Force history.

A pristine beach on the Gulf of Mexico with deep ties to Pensacola’s Black community.

A Grand Dame of the vaudeville circuit restored to its former glory.