Chicago, Illinois
Alinea Restaurant
The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.
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Chicago, Illinois
The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.
Chicago, Illinois
A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.
Park Ridge, Illinois
A science teacher's dream.
Coudersport, Pennsylvania
"Dark Sky Park" is heaven on Earth for astronomers, one of the rare U.S. locations with no artificial light pollution.
Brooklyn, New York
Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.
Amboy, California
The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.
Orchard Park, New York
A natural gas leak provides a flickering flame beneath a waterfall.
Beech Mountain, North Carolina
A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.
White Post, Virginia
Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.
Cresco, Pennsylvania
These beautiful ruins deep in the Pennsylvania woods are thought to have been a ski lodge or a speakeasy, but no one really knows.
Chicago, Illinois
This unauthorized stone mermaid was secretly carved out of public stone before being permanently preserved.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
A beautiful oddities shop crammed with strange and morbid curiosities.
Goldendale, Washington
A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.
Los Angeles, California
The last of its kind in the country.
Chipley, Florida
A giant 400-acre preserve in North Florida for displaced wolves.
Boston, Massachusetts
The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.
Gloucester, Massachusetts
An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.
Sparta, Tennessee
Visit this playground of waterfalls, caves and sinkholes.
Gainesville, Florida
This Florida sinkhole hides a rainforest-like micro-environment in its depths.
Rancho Palos Verdes, California
A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.
Los Angeles, California
This 'Murder House' grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.
Washington, D.C.
A wondrous old library overlooking the nation's capital.
Richmond, Virginia
This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.
Madrid, Iowa
A half-mile long and three stories high, this bridge over the Des Moines River Valley mimics a descent into a mine shaft.