Riverview, Florida
International Independent Showmen’s Museum
The history of the traveling carnival is remembered by this sprawling collection of vintage wagons, games, and rides.
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Riverview, Florida
The history of the traveling carnival is remembered by this sprawling collection of vintage wagons, games, and rides.
Galena, Kansas
This statue is an ode to an iconic roadside advertisement popularized during the 1970s.
Elk City, Oklahoma
An Oklahoma museum that celebrates the history of the "Mother Road."
Holbrook, Arizona
This rusted car found in Petrified Forest National Park's Route 66 exhibit may be the most photographed abandoned car in the country.
Oatman, Arizona
This once-booming Gold Rush town is now home to a herd of feral donkeys.
Laughlin, Nevada
A series of labyrinths in the Nevada desert inspire meditation and calmness.
Opa-locka, Florida
America's only city hall with minarets took architectural cues from Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.
George Town, Cayman Islands
There is one corporation registered for every three square feet of space in this inconspicuous office building.
George Town, Cayman Islands
The capital of the Cayman Islands is a center of offshore banking, but gets battered by blistering hurricanes.
West Bay, Cayman Islands
Send a postcard while vacationing with Satan.
Willemstad, Curaçao
The mouldering manses of wealthy colonials still pock the streets of a Curaçao neighborhood.
Willemstad, Curaçao
The floor of the oldest surviving synagogue in the Americas is entirely covered in sand.
Noord, Aruba
Aruba’s first chapel.
Santa Cruz, Aruba
The Ayo Rock Formations stand out on the island of Aruba as a unique arrangement of giant boulders with interesting crawl spaces to explore.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
This liminal destination combines creaky carnival rides, a classic car museum, and luck-of-the-draw flea market finds surrounded by dust and drive-in movie screens.
Kissimmee, Florida
Once featuring over 60 miniature replicas of famous Chinese locations, the Splendid China theme park was completely abandoned and is now mostly rubble.
Celebration, Florida
Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.
Lake Placid, Florida
A joyful oddity that takes the art of clowning very seriously.
High Point, North Carolina
A six-foot pair of socks hangs from a drawer of the world's largest bureau.
Austin, Texas
An 18-foot-tall troll sculpture, made from recycled wood and materials found in nature.
Buffalo, New York
An elaborate memorial to a man local legend says died of a broken heart.
Buffalo, New York
Created by four famous men, the beautifully designed Buffalo State Asylum was resurrected as a hotel and art center, but still boasts a ghost story or two.
Buffalo, New York
The absurd creation is a compulsory destination for selfies in Buffalo.
Buffalo, New York
A forsaken wonder in the middle of the East Side neighborhood.