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brendonstinson

Currently living out of a renovated school bus traveling the U.S

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Fort Bowie National Historic Site

The former home of the army detachment that captured Geronimo.

mikewalker

Added by mikewalker

Mogollon, New Mexico

Cosmic Campground

This remote camping site offers incredible stargazing opportunities.

Added by Discordant Cello

Sierra Vista, Arizona

World's First McDonald's Drive Thru

Out of a desire to feed hungry soldiers, a franchise-altering idea was born.

Added by ianlefk

Tucson, Arizona

El Charro Cafe

One of the oldest Mexican restaurants in the United States air-dries its trademark beef in a dangling outdoor cage.

Sam OBrien

Added by Sam OBrien

Holbrook, Arizona

'Highway of Dreams' 1932 Studebaker

This rusted car found in Petrified Forest National Park's Route 66 exhibit may be the most photographed abandoned car in the country.

Added by ianlefk

Bisbee, Arizona

Lavender Pit

This open-pit mine is now an abandoned symbol of Bisbee's copper-mining heritage.

Added by ianlefk

Richland, Washington

Hanford Site

Nuclear reactor created the plutonium used on Nagasaki.

atimian

Added by atimian

Richland, Washington

B Reactor

A 1940s nuclear reactor built to produce plutonium for the Manhattan Project.

Minidoka National Historic Site

During World War II, over 13,000 people of Japanese ancestry were forcibly removed from their homes and incarcerated in this camp in the Idaho desert.

Added by astalans

Aztec, New Mexico

Aztec Ruins National Monument

The hallowed remains of a 900-year old Ancestral Pueblo great house.

ldt007

Added by ldt007

Seattle, Washington

Cal Anderson Park

A large AIDS Memorial Pathway art installation provides a moment for quiet contemplation in this public park.

Added by smlindberg

Marblemount, Washington

Temple of Power

This sci-fi gazebo located in a Washington power town is made from old bits of industrial electrical equipment.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Lake Louise, Alberta

Lake Agnes Teahouse

Take a hike to this remote, scenic tea stop in the Canadian Rockies.

Anne Ewbank

Added by Anne Ewbank

Canmore, Alberta

Big Head Sculpture

The granite head appears to be deep in thought and half buried in the ground.

rybuszka

Added by rybuszka

Improvement District No. 9, Alberta

Banff Wildlife Crossings

Though many were skeptical at first, these animal-specific routes across the Trans-Canada Highway have been a major conservation success.

Added by Ashawnta

Radium Hot Springs, British Columbia

Bighorns

This 20-foot-tall sculpture is in honor of the herd of bighorn sheep that call Radium Hot Springs home.

Added by amandaumbach

Field, British Columbia

Spiral Tunnels at the Big Hill

In 1909, the steepest and most difficult piece of track on the Canadian Pacific Railway was replaced with a series of spiralling tunnels cut into the mountains.

brendanjcane

Added by brendanjcane

Field, British Columbia

Yoho National Park

Fossils, railroads, and waterfalls!

Rebekah Otto

Added by Rebekah Otto

West Glacier, Montana

Going-to-the-Sun Road

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

canuck

Added by canuck

West Glacier, Montana

Lake McDonald

Spectacular views await visitors to this lake.

MisterW

Added by MisterW

Mitchell, Oregon

Painted Hills

Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.

Added by kgignatyev

Valley Falls, Oregon

Lake Abert

Oregon's only closed-basin hypersaline lake, an important stopover for migrating waterfowl, is in danger of drying up completely.

slgwv

Valley Falls, Oregon

Abert Rim

This spectacular fault escarpment, a popular hang-glider launch point, extends some 30 miles long and towers about 2,500 feet over the valley floors to the west.

slgwv

Topsy the Clown

This beloved roadside attraction welcomes visitors with his signature neon smile.

Added by Schweg