New Orleans, Louisiana
The Singing Oak
This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.
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New Orleans, Louisiana
This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.
Fort Bragg, California
A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.
Los Angeles, California
Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.
Williamsburg, Virginia
Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.
Chicago, Illinois
This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.
Calhan, Colorado
Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.
Montville, Connecticut
The world's largest indoor go-kart racetrack is hiding in Connecticut.
East Lyme, Connecticut
With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.
Waterbury, Connecticut
A miniature village lies nearly forgotten in the forest by the side of a major highway.
Essex, Connecticut
This museum holds a fully-functional replica of the "Turtle," the first American submarine ever built.
Glastonbury, Connecticut
Inside a state forest, the forgotten remains of a Cold War defensive installation.
Hartford, Connecticut
A tribute to the truly loyal dog who waited outside a hospital for his owner to come back.
Atlanta, Georgia
Mai Tais and Navy Grog served up in one of the original tiki bars.
Silver City, Georgia
The remains of one of America's first radiation testing grounds still rest ominously in a Georgia forest.
Buena Vista, Georgia
This folk art compound was built by a fortune teller on the advice of three people from the future.
Lilburn, Georgia
This intricate Hindu temple is the largest of its kind outside of India itself and was constructed like a giant puzzle.
Los Angeles, California
The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.
Warrenton, Oregon
100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.
New York, New York
Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.
Seattle, Washington
Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.
Goldfield, Nevada
Graffiti, cars, and religion combine to create this jungle of scrap in the Nevada desert.
Florence, Oregon
Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.
Sequim, Washington
Essence of hound's tongue and tincture of bloodroot are just the tip of the herbalist iceberg at this beautiful, impressively-stocked apothecary.