Lexington, Virginia
The Coffee Pot
The oddly shaped, steam-spewing building is now an art studio and gallery.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Lexington, Virginia
The oddly shaped, steam-spewing building is now an art studio and gallery.
Winchester, Virginia
The Grand Ole Opry's big voice came from a small home in rural Virginia where she was eventually buried.
White Post, Virginia
Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.
Sylva, North Carolina
This vast kitty-themed collection illustrates the history of human-cat interaction.
Sylva, North Carolina
The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie 'The Fugitive' can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.
Asheville, North Carolina
Every week, a festive public jam session breaks out in downtown Asheville.
Niles, Illinois
Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.
Wilson, North Carolina
A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.
Zebulon, North Carolina
A giant cat slowly prowls the parking lot of Zebulon's car dealerships.
Marshall, Michigan
Largest magic museum in the United States with more than half a million pieces of memorabilia.
Alliance, Ohio
A record-size collection of wild-haired troll dolls tells the story of the mythical creature's roots in Scandinavian folklore.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
The bugs crawling down the front of this office building are almost as big as a '68 VW Beetle.
Hell, Michigan
Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.
Casey, Illinois
The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.
Winnetka, Illinois
Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."
Lincoln City, Indiana
The farm where one of America's greatest leaders was raised is now a well-appointed landmark.
Santa Claus, Indiana
You thought Santa Claus didn't exist, but it turns out you were wrong.
Chicago, Illinois
Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.
Nashville, Tennessee
This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.
Knoxville, Tennessee
Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.
Johns Island, South Carolina
One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.
Bowman, South Carolina
This set of rickety spaceships are prepared to give alien travelers a place to relax and go to the bathroom.