Tennessee: where the barbecue is smoky, the music never stops, and the laws? Let’s just say some of them could use a remix. While the Volunteer State gave us Elvis, Dollywood, and the Grand Ole Opry, ...

Most people picture Oklahoma as flat and dry. Lake Tenkiller will change that. Tucked into the Ozark foothills of eastern Oklahoma, this 12,900-acre reservoir sits inside a landscape of rocky bluffs ...

Arizona, with its rugged deserts and mystical landscapes, holds mysteries that challenge the laws of physics. In this southwestern state, two eerie roads have captivated locals and thrill-seekers ...

The Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park in New Jersey holds the remnants of Alexander Hamilton’s bold experiment to make America industrially independent. You can see Hamilton’s bronze ...

Back in the 1950s and 60s, Bombay Beach was the hot spot of Southern California. Developers pushed it as “America’s French Riviera,” complete with yacht clubs and luxury resorts. Stars like Frank ...

Every Saturday morning in Kahului, more than 200 vendors spread out across the parking lot of the University of Hawaii Maui College, and thousands of people show up to walk the rows. Locals. Visitors.

Ah, Florida—America’s sun-drenched wildcard. Where you can wrestle gators, fry an egg on the sidewalk, and read headlines that sound like Mad Libs on bath salts. But beyond the Florida Man legends, ...

In summer 1950, polio hit tiny Wytheville, Virginia with brutal force. The first case struck 20-month-old Johnny Seccafico in late June. Soon after, the town of just 5,500 people had 184 cases—one in ...

New York: where the pizza’s legendary, the people are bold, and the laws… well, some of them seem like they were drafted during a 3 a.m. subway ride. From no- masking rules in bowling alleys to ...

Taking the sixth spot among California’s tallest bridges, the Cold Spring Canyon Bridge reigns as the state’s highest arch bridge. Nestled in Santa Barbara County, this 400-foot steel arch bridge, ...

In 1898, a bat cloud led 16-year-old cowboy Jim White to find Carlsbad Caverns in the New Mexico desert. Five days later, he went back with a 15-year-old Mexican boy whose real name was never kept.

Texas slang is a mash-up of freeway code, food orders shouted over a pit of oak-smoked brisket, and rally cries that can be heard from El Paso to Port A. If these feel second nature, you didn’t just ...