Estes Park, Colorado
Baldpate Inn Key Collection
The world's largest key collection features keys to the White House, Frankenstein's castle, and Hitler's bunker.
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Estes Park, Colorado
The world's largest key collection features keys to the White House, Frankenstein's castle, and Hitler's bunker.
Baltimore, Maryland
A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.
Boston, Massachusetts
The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.
Portland, Oregon
10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.
Wheeling, West Virginia
This abandoned dream castle and its cemetery look out over the city that once inspired their creation.
Detroit, Michigan
The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
When you can't get to the Pacific, just go to Florida.
Sylva, North Carolina
This vast kitty-themed collection illustrates the history of human-cat interaction.
Oakland, California
Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.
Laconia, New Hampshire
The largest arcade museum in the world chronicles the golden age of video games which ended promptly in 1987.
East Haddam, Connecticut
Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage.
Santa Barbara, California
This stunning sea creature-shaped home blends into the landscape like a fantasy villa.
Klamath Falls, Oregon
This strange hill on Old Fort Road where gravity works in reverse has been fascinating locals for years.
Wamego, Kansas
A wonderful collection of all things Oz is nestled in the heart of Kansas.
San Francisco, California
A library and museum dedicated to typography.
Abita Springs, Louisiana
A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.
Chicago, Illinois
A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A pink cottage covered in hearts served as a haven and a resting place for LGBTQ activists.
Leavenworth, Washington
One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.
Flourtown, Pennsylvania
This hidden gem of a garden has one of the only surviving Victorian ferneries in America.
Fairbanks, Alaska
Mind-blowing carvings and fantasy ice scenes grace the largest year-round ice environment in the world.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.
Seattle, Washington
An enclosed rotunda at the Henry Art Gallery in which viewers can look up and see the uninterrupted sky.