Detroit, Michigan
The Caryatids of Book Tower
38-story baroque tower reflecting Detroit's rise, fall, and possible rise again.
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Detroit, Michigan
38-story baroque tower reflecting Detroit's rise, fall, and possible rise again.
Atlanta, Georgia
This angular brutalist playground turns playtime into modern art time.
Dorset, Vermont
This cavernous abandoned marble mine is popular with ice skaters in the winter.
Baker, California
This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.
New York, New York
A collection of fanzines, recordings, and documents detailing the rise and influence of the feminist punk movement.
Avalon, California
A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.
Ariel, Washington
An annual celebration of the infamous, unsolved skyjacking.
Seattle, Washington
This Cold War siren is one off the last of its kind still standing with its immensely powerful original horn.
Tucson, Arizona
Sleep where gangsters fell amidst smoke and flame, with nary a bullethole to show for the legendary struggle.
Staten Island, New York
A town trapped in time - 1958 to be exact.
Key West, Florida
Leave it to Key West to drop a real-live drag queen instead of a ball to mark the arrival of the New Year.
Canton, Ohio
Mausoleums, astronomy, and animatronic dinosaurs at this memorial to an assassinated American president.
Columbus, Ohio
The entrance to this sinisterly named tunnel hides behind a Tim Hortons.
Inyo County, California
This desert oddity hides in plain sight thanks to a cartographic error and a desert explorer with a punny sense of humor.
Boston, Massachusetts
The oldest working bell set in North America, the bells at Old North Church sat silent for their first four years in Massachusetts.
Frankenmuth, Michigan
World's largest Christmas store.
Poulsbo, Washington
The small town of Poulsbo in Washington state is the next best thing to the Kingdom of Norway.
Fairhope, Alabama
This small hut in the middle of a parking lot was once the wooded sanctuary of the 'Hermit of Montrose.'
Waterbury, Vermont
The remains of a deserted 1800s farming community can be found in Little River State Park.
Burlington, Vermont
Cryptid lake monster honored with its own monument.
Wilmington, Delaware
Enchanting gardens surround a derelict mansion, all hidden in plain sight behind a stone wall.
Wolfeboro, New Hampshire
The 100-year-old public collection of a New Hampshire dentist that contains taxidermy, Native American artifacts, and a pair of mummy hands.
Hemet, California
This mysterious petroglyph evokes the ancient swastika symbol but was later vandalized with the more troublesome Nazi one.
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Once the future of underwater combat, this old sub is now open for visitors to muck around in.