Chicago, Illinois
Palmer House Hilton
This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.
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Chicago, Illinois
This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.
Chicago, Illinois
Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.
Chicago, Illinois
A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.
Chicago, Illinois
A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.
Chicago, Illinois
A monument to the art of slicing people open.
Arco, Idaho
Supposedly Satanic numbers adorn this preserved submarine sail.
Boise, Idaho
A small section of Boise, Idaho maintains the unique culture and traditions of the Basque people.
Arco, Idaho
Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.
Ellicott City, Maryland
Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.
Greenbelt, Maryland
A relic of FDR's brief foray into utopian urban planning.
Delmar, Maryland
The stone marker that Mason and Dixon placed at the eastern end of the famous north-south border they surveyed.
Fort Meade, Maryland
A priceless collection of the Nation's cryptologic history.
Baltimore, Maryland
A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.
Mount Desert, Maine
A precariously balanced rock perches on the edge of a cliff created tens of thousands of years ago by glacial erosion.
Kennebunk, Maine
The most photographed house in Maine looks good enough to eat.
Chauvin, Louisiana
Religion and personal struggle gave birth to this collection of concrete angels.
Ponchatoula, Louisiana
One of the longest water bridges in the world was built over a supposedly haunted swamp in Louisiana.
Abita Springs, Louisiana
A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.
Frankfort, Kentucky
This huge clock made of flowers and simple machinery was once used a political weapon.
Lexington, Kentucky
Three courses accompanied by Christian rock.
Fort Mitchell, Kentucky
A museum that houses the world's largest collection of ventriloquism dummies.
Overland Park, Kansas
Step back in time at this 1950s display home, built to showcase once cutting-edge electric amenities.
Montreal, Québec
A massive Montreal stadium that has seen nothing but trouble since its inception.