Glendale Springs, North Carolina
Church of the Frescoes
Rural churches in the middle of nowhere with religious frescoes by famous artist.
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Glendale Springs, North Carolina
Rural churches in the middle of nowhere with religious frescoes by famous artist.
Mount Airy, North Carolina
Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.
Natchez, Mississippi
This monument to the victims of a tragic explosion is said to turn and look at passing cars.
Natchez, Mississippi
A 200-year-old bar is all that remains of one Mississippi River town's rough-and-tumble past.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.
Good Thunder, Minnesota
This metal shop's yard is filled with cutout art including an Eiffel Tower replica and Noah's Arch.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
These massive mitts are made of 30 tons of devotional bronze.
Skiatook, Oklahoma
A natural rock formation believed to be a cure-all.
Barnsdall, Oklahoma
A tiny but mighty little pumper sits in the middle of the street, waiting for the next big oil strike.
Pawhuska, Oklahoma
Site of the 1926 murder trial of Ernest Burkhart who was involved in the "Reign of Terror."
Amarillo, Texas
A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.
Amarillo, Texas
A pair of giant legs paying homage to a poem, a king, and it would seem, socks.
Lubbock, Texas
This Texas windmill field celebrates the power and majesty of the very winds that blow.
Cache, Oklahoma
This little slice of old Jerusalem in Oklahoma is the evolution of a century-old passion play.
Turkey, Texas
A small museum dedicated to the king of Western swing.
Denton, Texas
A quirky collection of old chairs fills a random vacant lot in suburban Texas.
Palmer, Texas
This unusual roadside attraction filled with handcrafted signage is home to a unique church.
Dallas, Texas
A "Texanic" (gigantic Texas) collection of Art Deco architecture at Dallas' historic Fair Park.
Dallas, Texas
A mythical chimera first sculpted in 1936 as a mix of the main animals of Texas livestock.
Clarksville, Texas
The final resting place of Captain William Becknell, the Old West frontiersman who forged the Santa Fe Trail.
Paris, Texas
In Paris, Texas they have their own Eiffel Tower, it just has a cowboy hat on it.
Anniston, Alabama
This small cemetery contains the graves of prisoners of war who were interred at Fort McClellan during World War II.
Morgan City, Mississippi
Contrary to popular belief, this memorial does not actually claim to mark the bluesman's grave.
Shreveport, Louisiana
From a supper club to a gay bar to an HBO shooting location, this 125-year-old Victorian mansion has lived many lives.