Bodfish, California
Remington Hot Springs
One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.
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Bodfish, California
One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.
Unger, West Virginia
Winding country roads in eastern West Virginia lead to an extraordinary place populated by fiberglass giants.
Hurricane, Utah
A museum has some wedding cake dating to the Teddy Roosevelt administration, and some bacon from FDR's.
Columbus, Ohio
The childhood home of one of Ohio's favorite sons, pilot and war hero Eddie Rickenbacker.
Liberal, Kansas
A house turned museum is the real-life "home" of the fictional main character of The Wizard of Oz.
Topeka, Kansas
These elevated trucks were put in place as a middle finger to The Man, but are now considered folk art.
Greensburg, Kansas
The United States's largest hand-dug well is topped with a state-of-the-art museum.
Ponca City, Oklahoma
This ostentatious Italianate palace of an Oklahoma billionaire is filled with several themed mini-museums.
Quapaw, Oklahoma
The Quapaw tribe supplies the meat and produce in this Oklahoma casino restaurant.
Richmond, Virginia
This beautiful vintage movie palace has seen little change in form or function since the 1920s.
Sleepy Hollow, New York
This tiny church near Sleepy Hollow contains Henri Matisse's last work, a rose window, and nine windows by Marc Chagall.
Kisapáti, Hungary
Take a hike to this unique rock formation formed by lava flows.
Spring Green, Wisconsin
A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.
Bloomington, Indiana
The world's largest collection of mechanical puzzles is a cornucopia of analog bafflers.
Bloomington, Indiana
Tucked away in the forests of Indiana resides an abandoned waterslide that is now a popular graffiti haunt.
Toledo, Ohio
A 30-foot stack of piano keys memorializes one of the greatest keys players in jazz history.
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Its floors are marked by colorful cues depicting Michigan's native fauna.
Farmington Hills, Michigan
Astounding collection of coin-operated games and automata.
Mount Clemens, Michigan
A museum dedicated to the dead and the tools used to usher them into the afterlife.
Barnsdall, Oklahoma
A tiny but mighty little pumper sits in the middle of the street, waiting for the next big oil strike.
Camdenton, Missouri
European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
A museum dedicated to the exploring past, present, and future innovations.
Atlanta, Georgia
This stone is a marker of one millionaire's personal vendetta against gravity.
Walker County, Georgia
The perfectly named cave drop is the deepest in the continental United States, almost matching the height of Seattle’s Space Needle.