Manitou Springs, Colorado
Emma Crawford Coffin Race
A lively annual event in which thousands of people race to push coffins heavy with bodies up a hill.
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Manitou Springs, Colorado
A lively annual event in which thousands of people race to push coffins heavy with bodies up a hill.
Evanston, Illinois
Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.
Chicago, Illinois
An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans’ graves.
Chicago, Illinois
A strange and haunting monument of unknown origin in the historic Graceland Cemetery.
Chicago, Illinois
A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.
Belen, New Mexico
A home base for Judy Chicago, one of America's leading radical feminist artists.
Socorro, New Mexico
A warm desert spring holds one of the rarest species on earth.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
This liminal destination combines creaky carnival rides, a classic car museum, and luck-of-the-draw flea market finds surrounded by dust and drive-in movie screens.
Hollywood, Florida
An oddity shop inspired by the history of the circus.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Keen eyes can find the Disney influences throughout this treasure trove of a tiki bar.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Experience life in one of America’s smallest neighborhoods.