Oro Grande, California
Elmer Long's Bottle Tree Ranch
Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.
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Oro Grande, California
Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.
Los Angeles, California
The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.
Los Angeles, California
The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.
Los Angeles, California
Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.
Los Angeles, California
World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Bouncing, delightful, mechanical art at the MIT Museum.
Liberty, New York
This once luxurious Catskills resort is now a haunting ruin.
Blythe, California
Ancient human, animal, and geometric figures drawn in the earth.
Hana, Hawaii
A tunnel of hardened lava along Maui’s famous Road to Hana.
New York, New York
The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.
Inglewood, California
A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.
Cave-In-Rock, Illinois
River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.
San Bernardino County, California
A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.
Yucca Valley, California
On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.
Moundsville, West Virginia
Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.
Brooklyn, New York
Detailed facade of a brownstone in Boerum Hill.
Oakland, California
Spiral labyrinth hidden in the hills above Oakland, CA.
Mount Carroll, Illinois
Former hotel turned into haunted playground.
Hartford, Connecticut
The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.
Waterbury, Vermont
The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.
Chicago, Illinois
This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.
Lakehurst, New Jersey
The site of one of history's most indelible and horrific tragedies.
Buena Vista, Georgia
This folk art compound was built by a fortune teller on the advice of three people from the future.
Ansted, West Virginia
The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.