Walnut Creek, California
The Eye of Diablo
This mountaintop beacon is only lit three times a year but shines like some kind of all-seeing eye.
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Walnut Creek, California
This mountaintop beacon is only lit three times a year but shines like some kind of all-seeing eye.
Iowa City, Iowa
A mysteriously dark cemetery monument fuels stories and legends galore.
Beltsville, Maryland
The Forest Service's surprisingly sophisticated collection of wildfire prevention art features America's most beloved bear.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
A lively annual event in which thousands of people race to push coffins heavy with bodies up a hill.
Duluth, Minnesota
This posh mansion began as a family's estate and ended as the site of a murder ripped from the pages of a pulp novel.
Damascus, Arkansas
This historic bridge has weathered fires and floods and still stands, now abandoned, where it has stood since 1874.
Elma, Washington
From overly ambitious (and eventually abandoned) atomic dream to bustling office park.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
A self-explanatory attraction allows fans to respectfully remember and honor a comedy legend.
Newport, Rhode Island
Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.
Madrid, New Mexico
A ghost town revived by hippies and wanderers throws its own special brand of holiday parade.
San Francisco, California
Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.
Boston, Massachusetts
American revolutionaries and British soldiers alike are buried here in the fourth-ever cemetery in Boston.
Mount Vernon, Iowa
A hidden barn-sized rendition of Grant Wood's most famous, and most parodied, painting.
Cape May, New Jersey
The rusting remains are visible sticking out of the waters of the Delaware Bay.
Rochester, New York
An antique cemetery in New York, this land is home to any number of famed corpses.
Portland, Oregon
This abandoned boat sits on a nude beach, is shaped like a UFO, and is covered in graffiti.
Duncans Mills, California
Massive prehistoric mammals used these stones as oversized scratching posts.
Danville, Virginia
This sprawling museum holds one man's giant collection of real tanks.
Simi Valley, California
A performance hall at the American Jewish University moonlights as a sci-fi film location set.
Hartford, Connecticut
The early American colonists were such ferocious drinkers the law actually required every town to have a tavern.
Arvada, Colorado
A stark reminder of the huge nuclear weapons plant that once stood on the site and its effect on the surrounding area.
Appleton, Wisconsin
This solitary gravestone is separated from the rest in Appleton, explaining why local legends continue to surround it.
Casa Grande, Arizona
Rumor had it that these concrete crosses scattered across the Arizona scrubland helped align spy satellites. (They didn’t.)
Wapakoneta, Ohio
A gregarious Ohio resident has been building his whimsical temple to peace for decades.