Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Holler House
The oldest certified bowling alley in the United States is in the basement of this century-old bar.
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin
The oldest certified bowling alley in the United States is in the basement of this century-old bar.
Bar Nunn, Wyoming
A small town built on an abandoned airfield has former runways as streets and a bar and grill in an old airplane hangar.
Santa Monica, California
Giant origami crease patterns engraved in Santa Monica intersections may even be visible from space.
Seattle, Washington
Activists are fighting to preserve these unfinished highway ramps as a tribute to the citizen revolt that halted their construction decades ago.
Grímsey, Iceland
The Arctic Circle runs through this isolated spot north of Iceland.
Wolin, Poland
A stone in Wolin, Poland, marks the possible location of a legendary Viking fortress.
Waxhaw, North Carolina
Trace the history of writing at this unusual North Carolina destination.
Boonville, California
A local dialect born in the late 19th century is only spoken in this isolated California valley.
Neyagawa-shi, Japan
A Japanese train station built around a 700-year-old camphor tree.
Bingley, England
The photographs of "fairies" that fooled much of the world (including the creator of Sherlock Homes) were taken at this English stream.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.
Munich, Germany
These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.
Nantucket, Massachusetts
Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.
Rochester, Massachusetts
Haunted boulder in a front yard with a witch painted on it.
Dennis, Massachusetts
This lakeside tower is the third attempt at getting a tourist destination to stick on the spot.
Eastham, Massachusetts
The Atlantis of Cape Cod reemerges during the lowest of tides.
Chicago, Illinois
A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.
Hương Thủy, Vietnam
Vietnam's feral abandoned water park offers access to a post-apocalyptic funscape, now with fewer crocodiles.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.
Austin, Texas
Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.
Allentown, Pennsylvania
The famous bell was secreted away and hidden in a church in Allentown during the British occupation of Philadelphia.
Ekalaka, Montana
This beautiful ancient site is dotted with perforated sandstone pillars considered sacred by some Native American groups.
Crestline, California
Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.
Cedar Creek, Texas
The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.