San Diego, California
Friendship Park
Every weekend, people gather here for a brief chance to see their loved ones on the other side of the United States–Mexico border.
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San Diego, California
Every weekend, people gather here for a brief chance to see their loved ones on the other side of the United States–Mexico border.
Carlsbad, California
The overgrown ruins of a once thriving World War I-era copper mine.
Escondido, California
This dark, quiet forest on the outskirts of San Diego is dense with rumor and lore.
San Diego, California
A mosaic map made of over 100,000 tiles depicts the geological features and sea creatures that live along this San Diego beachside community.
San Diego, California
This little blue house pokes out over the campus of UC San Diego, seven stories high.
Del Mar, California
This unique sanctuary invites you to interact with the beautiful birds.
Fallbrook, California
Famous and forgotten figures lie beneath the faded headstones and decaying planks of wood.
Worcester, Massachusetts
A grave surprise in the downtown area of New England's second-largest city.
Worcester, Massachusetts
The Burnside Fountain and its questionable interpretation.
Worcester, Massachusetts
A comic book store got the road by its shop officially renamed after Superman's girlfriend.
Worcester, Massachusetts
This miniature feudal castle was built on a whim to honor a US Navy pioneer.
Worcester, Massachusetts
This little-known rival to the Library of Congress houses one of the largest collections of pre-1876 American books, newspapers, and manuscripts.
Worcester, Massachusetts
Once a private collection, now the only museum of arms and armor in the Western Hemisphere - CLOSED.
Westminster, Massachusetts
One man built this massive wall to keep his neighbor from complaining about working on Sundays.
Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Burial ground for revolutionary veterans attracts tall tales, ghost hunters, not enough historians and preservationists.
Fitchburg, Massachusetts
In order to save this beloved rock, locals blew it up and put it back together piece by piece.
Orange, Massachusetts
The official peace statue of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Petersham, Massachusetts
This series of landscape dioramas tell the story of New England forestry in exacting miniature detail.
Orange, Massachusetts
A remnant of the 19th-century dream to discourage people from drinking booze by offering them water.
Los Angeles, California
A Bicycle Path in the Sky.
Los Angeles, California
The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.
Los Angeles, California
L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.
Los Angeles, California
One of the world's largest collections of rare and magnificent bird specimens.
Los Angeles, California
Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.