Central City, Colorado
The Face on the Barroom Floor
This underfoot portrait is the work of a disgruntled painter inspired by a tragic poem.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Central City, Colorado
This underfoot portrait is the work of a disgruntled painter inspired by a tragic poem.
Plattsburg, Missouri
The man who was president for only one day and spent most of it asleep.
Seattle, Washington
This edible park is open to any and all foragers.
Brooklyn, New York
The Underground Railroad passed right through this historic Brooklyn Heights church.
Independence, Missouri
This otherworldly church spire reaches up toward the heavens.
Richland, Washington
A 1940s nuclear reactor built to produce plutonium for the Manhattan Project.
Chamberlain, South Dakota
A striking sculpture built to honor the women of the Lakota and Dakota Nations.
Vicksburg, Mississippi
The final resting place of the camel who served with the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Headquarters of the legendary clairvoyant's readings, spiritual hospital, and massage school.
Hartford, Connecticut
A tribute to the truly loyal dog who waited outside a hospital for his owner to come back.
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
These lush botanical gardens employ the most purrfect pest control force.
Los Angeles, California
A lovely summer day by the sea becomes a nightmare.
New York, New York
A small part of lower Manhattan is actually made from a bit of England.
Fulton, Missouri
A gem in the small Missouri town where Winston Churchill coined the term "Iron Curtain" and effectively began the Cold War.
Long Beach, California
The 10-foot-wide Long Beach home was built on a dare.
Naval Air Station Point Mugu, California
A stranded woman lived alone on this remote island for 18 years, inspiring the great children's novel "Island of the Blue Dolphins."
Crescent City, California
A lighthouse built to save lives that took quite a few with its treacherous location.
Morro Bay, California
A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.
Lynn, Indiana
The highest point in Indiana is curated by an Eagle scout but may be in danger of losing its record to a nearby garbage pile.
Williamsport, Pennsylvania
According to local myth this cemetery is half evil spirits, half good—split down the middle.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
When life gave this firefighter a forest fire, he made a rough-hewn sculpture park using a chainsaw.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Once the most painted on object in the world, this short campus fence is well on its way to being so again.
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
The titular fictional logger only inhabits this otherwise historically focussed museum via a piece of fiberglass kitsch.
Richmond, California
Once the largest winery in the world, this castle-like building now sits abandoned on the San Pablo/San Francisco Bay shore.