Burlington, Vermont
Lake Champlain Monster Monument
Cryptid lake monster honored with its own monument.
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Burlington, Vermont
Cryptid lake monster honored with its own monument.
Waterbury, Vermont
The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.
Montpelier, Vermont
A lonely memorial to the Challenger Space Shuttle, honoring the astronauts who died in 1986.
Montpelier, Vermont
Beautiful hillside Vermont cemetery with amazing funerary art.
Littleton, New Hampshire
According to the experts at the Guinness World's Record office, this is the longest candy counter in the world.
Littleton, New Hampshire
A town wears its heart on the sleeve of a smiling girl, arms flung wide open in a cheerful greeting for all who encounter her.
Lincoln, New Hampshire
Come for the gun-toting hillbilly madman, stay for the ice-cream loving basketball bears.
Woodstock, Maine
A giant telephone commemorates the last "crank" call ever made in the U.S.
Freeport, Maine
When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.
Yarmouth, Maine
The world's largest rotating world.
Scarborough, Maine
This 1,700-pound edible sculpture is way better than your average chocolate mousse.
Lancaster, Massachusetts
The biggest apple in all of New England stands 10 feet tall and weighs over 1,000 pounds.
San Francisco, California
Floating man-made island and upscale restaurant.
Castroville, California
It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."
Pismo Beach, California
Thousands of migrating monarchs overwinter clustered amongst the eucalyptus trees.
Los Alamos, California
This unique bed and breakfast was first constructed during the 1800s by a Russian immigrant family.
Solvang, California
Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.
Morro Bay, California
A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.
Santa Ynez, California
The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.
Solvang, California
In the "Danish Capital of America," a replica of one of Copenhagen's most iconic buildings.
Las Vegas, Nevada
An overlooked monument to the celebrity gangster who helped put the sin in Sin City.
Las Vegas, Nevada
An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.
Las Vegas, Nevada
One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.
Glendale, Arizona
This love letter to Poland serves bracing dill pickle soup and plump pierogis.