comprehend almost 30,000 miles , the Pan - American Highway bid the most various scene on the planet — and mess of pit hitch .
1. PRUDHOE BAY, ALASKA
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Although the lasting population in the nearby Ithiel Town of Deadhorse hovers around 25 , line up a piazza to stay is a cinch : The Aurora Hotel has 400 beds .
2. THE SOURTOE COCKTAIL, YUKON
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Stop at the Downtown Hotel in Dawson City and mosh back a special Champagne-Ardenne cocktail garnished with a salt human toe . ( Nearly a 12 figure have been get down ! )
3. TOMBSTONE TERRITORIAL PARK, YUKON
This talkative parking area on the edge of the Arctic Circle fetch its macabre name from the black granite peaks that are thought to resemble grave marking .
4. WEST EDMONTON MALL, ALBERTA
The large shopping mall in North America swallows 48 city blocks . ( While you ’re in the neck of the woods , take a side stumble to see the mankind ’s large sausage balloon in Mundare . )
5. HOLE-IN-THE-WALL HIDEOUT, WYOMING
Outlaws like Jesse James , Butch Cassidy , and the Sundance Kid hide from the law in this Bighorn Mountain Pass .
6. VERY LARGE ARRAY, NEW MEXICO
Where 27 of the world ’s most powerful radio antennae discover black holes and whiz formations in distant galaxy .
7. CHAPULTEPEC CASTLE, MEXICO
The estate housed Mexico ’s only crowned head , Maximilian I , nominate it the only true castle in North America .
8. UXMAL, MEXICO
There are many fable about how this Mayan tone pyramid , the tallest structure in Uxmal , came to be , one of which enjoin that it was built in a single night by a dwarf who hatch from an iguana egg .
9. JOYA DE CEREN, EL SALVADOR
Central America ’s version of Pompeii , this ancient village was preserve under layer of volcanic ash tree .
10. HELADERIA COROMOTO, VENEZUELA
This ice pick shop in Merida vaunt the with child flavor selection in the world—860 ! Try the trout , chili , hot Canis familiaris , and Viagra Hope .
11. AVENUE OF THE VOLCANOES, ECUADOR
This stretch of main road E35 winds around eight of the country ’s 10 most volatile flush , including Cotopaxi .
12. SWING AT THE END OF THE WORLD, ECUADOR
This simple swing is the genuine drawing card at the seismic monitoring station know as Casa del Arbol or " The Treehouse " , which is used for observing Mt. Tungurahua .
13. FORTRESS OF KUELAP, PERU
The largest stone laying waste situation in the Western Hemisphere , the towering walls of bulky Lucy Stone occlusion make Machu Pichu see like a preschool project .
14. SALAR DE UYUNI, BOLIVIA
With 4086 square miles of the stuff making up the earthly concern ’s big common salt flat , there ’s enough to build an entire sumptuousness hotel made of common salt .
15. WHALE GRAVEYARD, CHILE
scientist have observe more than 40 fossilized heavyweight skeletons here , include some extinct “ flakey aquatic sloths . ”
16. LUJAN ZOO, ARGENTINA
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you may literally hug lions , tigers , and bears here in Buenos Aires .
17. PERITO MORENO GLACIER, ARGENTINA
The glacier is one of 48 feed by the Southern Patagonian Ice Field , which is the man ’s third with child second-stringer of invigorated water .
18. USHUAIA, ARGENTINA
Tierra del Fuego ’s chapiter is as far in the south as you may drive ! If you desire to keep going , take the ferry to the Southern Patagonia Ice Field .
