Indianapolis, Indiana
Indiana Landmarks Center
The largest historic preservation organization in the United States.
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Indianapolis, Indiana
The largest historic preservation organization in the United States.
Poplar Branch, North Carolina
The Cadillac Ranch for monster truck aficionados.
Southgate, Michigan
The world's largest commercially available hamburger is complete with 15 pounds of lettuce, 30 pounds of bacon, and 36 pounds of cheese.
Joshua Tree, California
The quirky salon doubles as a retro museum run by the world's leading "hairstorian."
Brooklyn, New York
Known as the "Forgotten City" it was home to industry, riots, artists, squatters, and to one of the largest single disaster fires in New York City.
Dodgeville, Wisconsin
One of the last surviving C-97s sits in a field in front of a Wisconsin inn.
Marblemount, Washington
This sci-fi gazebo located in a Washington power town is made from old bits of industrial electrical equipment.
Columbus, Georgia
Coca Cola may be "the real thing" but its inventor, buried at this Georgia gravesite, called it a "valuable brain tonic."
Pleasant Dale, Nebraska
The abandoned remnants of a little sanctuary for world peace that fell into disrepair.
Anniston, Alabama
A natural history museum with an extensive collection of bird dioramas.
Duxbury, Massachusetts
It took 275 years and four burials to finally put the Mayflower’s most famous passenger to rest.
Monterey, California
This remarkably simple jail went over a century without an escape.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.
Los Angeles, California
Celebrating the accomplishments of Black firefighters in Los Angeles.
Baker, Nevada
A whimsical, punny collection of "fence art" outside the tiny mountain town of Baker, Nevada.
Palm Springs, California
The so-called "Bridge of Thighs" in Palm Springs allows nudists to discreetly cross the road.
New York, New York
Surrounded by low rise buildings and partially converted into an auto body shop, this marble archway is the only vestige of a forgotten Manhattan estate.
Boston, Massachusetts
Each August, one of the largest religious (and food) celebrations in the country is held in Boston.
San Francisco, California
Once the fastest ship from San Francisco to Tahiti, the Galilee now lays in pieces in three different cities.
Oakland, California
An art collective teaching the more fiery, metal-y art forms.
Willoughby, Ohio
Solving a 60-year mystery finally gave a name to the young woman known only by the color of her clothes.
San Angelo, Texas
A mysteriously abandoned campsite in San Angelo State Park.
Wantage, New Jersey
The highest point in New Jersey is marked by a massive, if simply named, obelisk.
Bellvue, Colorado
The wreckage of a World War II bomber is hidden high in the Colorado wilderness.