Chicago, Illinois
Oz Park
This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.
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Chicago, Illinois
This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.
Queens, New York
Nine nice parcels of land along a flight path offer a quiet respite... until a plane soars overhead.
Queens, New York
The graveyard holds the remains of Irish immigrants who arrived in Queens after fleeing the Great Famine.
Pasadena, California
A stellar example of Art & Crafts architecture, and a movie set to boot.
England
The only surviving theatre where William Shakespeare performed as an actor.
Monterey, California
The last remaining houses of a bygone world immortalized by John Steinbeck in his novel “Cannery Row.”
Craftsbury, Vermont
According to folklore, Vermont's slanted windows were installed to keep witches from flying into the house.
Montpelier, Vermont
A lonely memorial to the Challenger Space Shuttle, honoring the astronauts who died in 1986.
Stowe, Vermont
Vermont's hills are alive with the sound of music at this historic hotel.
Washington, D.C.
Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.
Ferndale, Washington
Defaced since the early 80s, this bridge has become local icon to the metalheads and residents of the city.
Cisco, Texas
Hike the ruins of a zoo that was shut down by an unsolved murder.
Exeter, Rhode Island
The final resting place of New England's last "vampire."
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
A local prank turned town icon.
Nekoma, North Dakota
The remnants of an early American attempt at missile defense.
New Mexico
One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.
Whitesboro, New York
A burial ground restored by a determined Boy Scout, where fragments of America’s early history rest beneath weathered stones.
Bartlett, New Hampshire
An old locomotive hides deep in the forest.
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
This historic drug store-turned-museum served an important role in the Civil Rights Movement.
Ridgedale, Missouri
If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.
Onsted, Michigan
The remains of an abandoned dinosaur theme park litter the woods just off the highway.
Boston, Massachusetts
From bench to vandalism to art, this silly prank seat was funny enough to become permanent.
New Orleans, Louisiana
In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.
Bangor, Maine
The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.