Santa Barbara County, California
Torrey Pines of Santa Rosa Island
Windswept and remote, this island was once the home of a rare mammoth and today is home to a rare tree.
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Santa Barbara County, California
Windswept and remote, this island was once the home of a rare mammoth and today is home to a rare tree.
Queens, New York
This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.
Lewistown, Pennsylvania
A small granite block at this monument's base is the only part of Lincoln's Tomb outside of Illinois.
Spring Mills, Pennsylvania
Sail through this subterranean show cave that is home to a legend that would go on to name nearly everything around it.
Brookville, Pennsylvania
Dozens upon dozens of boulders engraved with scripture tell the story of one man's troubled life.
Niagara Falls, Ontario
This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.
Niagara Falls, Ontario
Niagara Falls holds a special place in Nikola Tesla's history, so they put a statue on it.
Niagara Falls, New York
One of many reminders of Tesla's scientific contributions overlooks the falls which inspired him.
Buffalo, New York
A forsaken wonder in the middle of the East Side neighborhood.
Buffalo, New York
Ruins of a once-prized railroad station in New York.
Buffalo, New York
A monument to a Polish general who fought the American Revolution and became the "Father of the American Cavalry."
Bangor, Pennsylvania
This park contains a number of standing stones meant to heal and inspire.
Hardeeville, South Carolina
A pink and gray pair of pachyderms advertise a fireworks shop.
Savannah, Georgia
A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.
Raleigh, North Carolina
This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
This stunning home looks like it belongs in medieval Europe, not North Carolina.
Natural Bridge, Virginia
Lines from a walking song are etched into a rock in Natural Bridge State Park.
Natural Bridge, Virginia
A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.
Marianna, Florida
The only Florida state park with publicly accessible caves.
Haleyville, Alabama
148 feet long and in the middle of a verdant forest.
Phil Campbell, Alabama
Famous for its bio-luminescent inhabitants, known as "dismalites."
Tuscumbia, Alabama
You'll need cowboy boots to trek to this old-fashioned saloon nestled in a giant natural cave.
Calico Rock, Arkansas
An abandoned early-20th-century boomtown sits within the Calico Rock city limits.
Memphis, Tennessee
Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.