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It's big, it's a ball, and it's made of twine—the world's largest of its kind.

“You better take care of me Lord, if you don't you're gonna have me on your hands.” ― Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

Curious rock formations in a tiny Kansas state park.

A 19th-century shrine covered with prosthetic body parts as votive offerings.

Self-built house and sculpture park where the creator can still be seen in a glass coffin.

A private museum dedicated to preserving the heritage of Mardi Gras' most beloved underdog parades, open by appointment.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

This otherwise unremarkable ski town building marks the site of Butch Cassidy's first robbery.

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

Home to a protest movement, a bombing, and a dramatic change in labor history.

A Memphis park where you can walk the whole Mississippi River in one go.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

This historic New Orleans cemetery is the final resting place of members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

The clock that sets them all.

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.