Southern Pines, North Carolina
Creation Museum, Taxidermy Hall of Fame, and Antique Tool Museum
A curious blend of taxidermy, antique tools, creationism, and a purported antediluvian rock.
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Southern Pines, North Carolina
A curious blend of taxidermy, antique tools, creationism, and a purported antediluvian rock.
Asheville, North Carolina
This rare basilica nestled right in downtown Asheville is an architectural marvel, inside and out.
Claremont, North Carolina
A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.
Bryson City, North Carolina
This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.
Lansing, Michigan
A horse-drawn 1858 steam pumper fire engine encased in glass on the front lawn of a Michigan insurance company.
Newport, Rhode Island
Oldest synagogue in the United States.
Alexandria, Virginia
The graveyard holding the remains of George Washington's slaves was forgotten for nearly 200 years.
Rome, Georgia
This labyrinth was designed to help visitors focus and meditate.
Vilnius, Lithuania
The Frank Zappa fan club erected this monument to their prog-rock hero to mark a new era of post-Soviet Lithuania.
Tucson, Arizona
A Tucson museum and performance space full of found-object movable sculptures.
San Simeon, California
The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.
Hearne, Texas
This one-woman cemetery was a small civil rights victory.
Hillsborough Township, New Jersey
A billionaire heiress' menagerie of animals were lovingly laid to rest on the grounds of her former estate.
Melbourne, Australia
Somewhat controversial when first unveiled, this gathering of sea creatures has become a hidden gem.
Barnsley, England
In this small cemetery lies the grave of one of England's greatest football strikers, who died too soon.
Como, Italy
This 1st-century CE Roman bath sits under a carpark.
Rye, England
This centuries-old hotel hides a network of secret cellars and passages once used by smugglers.
Richmond, Virginia
A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.
Kingman, Arizona
A memorial to the firefighters who died in an industrial disaster is housed in a small public park.
Madison, Wisconsin
A stone marker memorializes the spot where the King broke up a street fight with a classic karate stance.