Established in 1937, the oldest candy shop in New York City boasts a rainbow-colored inventory that would make Willy Wonka envious.

The only retired U.S. nuclear missile silo that is open to the public.

The high point on the 16th president's eponymous roadway is marked by a massive version of his head.

A small Wyoming town is home to the state's oldest-operating soda fountain.

Long before guestbooks and hotels, frontier travelers signed their names on this rock face.

An unusual geological feature towers over the remains of a dark episode in United States history.

Native Americans built this circle of stones, which was used to predict astronomical events.

This sandstone building is a relic of the Overland Trail.

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A century-old cabin off of Highway 30 touts an unusual construction material: dinosaur bones.

This Wyoming town is fascinated by a particular mythical creature.

This prison-turned-museum is a remnant of the Old West's grizzly, violent past.

The remote outlaw hideout of Jesse James, Butch Cassidy, and the Sundance Kid.

A small town built on an abandoned airfield has former runways as streets and a bar and grill in an old airplane hangar.

A devilishly named gorge that was a sign of salvation for many pioneers.

A popular rock that acted as a waymarker for American pioneers.

Devilish landscape, once cinema home to giant alien bugs, now derelict roadside attraction.

A unique collection of diving equipment spanning antiquity to the present day.

This lush Florida island is home to the ruins of a crooked ship breaker's tiny empire.

The former desk of Fire Chief Joseph "Bum" Farto is all that remains after his mysterious disappearance following a drug conviction.

This small Key West museum is packed with dozens of artifacts that illustrate the life of the iconic playwright.

The largest guitar store in the world has been visited by some of music's all-time greats passing through upstate New York.

A bar, burger joint, and arcade housed in a late 19th-century church building.

A bronze ballot box stands at the spot where Susan B. Anthony voted illegally.