Landmarks & Attractions

American Museum of Natural History

Dinosaurs and dioramas on Central Park West

Area 51

The secret Nevada airfield at Groom Lake

Bodie

California's best-preserved gold-rush ghost town

Cadillac Ranch

Ten Cadillacs buried nose-down in the Texas plains

Centralia

The Pennsylvania town on top of a burning mine

Disneyland

The original Disney park

Fort Knox Bullion Depository

The fortified vault of the U.S. gold reserve

Hoover Dam

The concrete colossus on the Colorado

Magic Kingdom

The most-visited theme park in the world

Michigan Stadium

"The Big House" — the largest stadium in the U.S.

National Air and Space Museum

Flight and spaceflight on the National Mall

National Museum of Natural History

The Smithsonian's most-visited museum

Pacific Coast Highway

California's clifftop coastal drive

Route 66

The "Mother Road" from Chicago to the Pacific

The Empire State Building

The Art Deco tower that defined the skyline

The Gateway Arch

The stainless-steel gateway to the West

The Getty Center

Art and architecture above Los Angeles

The Hollywood Sign

The white letters on the Los Angeles hills

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

America's largest and most-visited art museum

The Space Needle

Seattle's flying-saucer tower

The Statue of Liberty

The copper colossus in New York Harbor