Phillips, Wisconsin
Fred Smith's Wisconsin Concrete Park
An oddly poignant roadside attraction celebrating American folklore.
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Phillips, Wisconsin
An oddly poignant roadside attraction celebrating American folklore.
Chandler, Arizona
Every Christmas, one Arizona city makes the most of its dry climate by creating an arid desert tannenbaum.
Bemidji, Minnesota
These crudely shaped folk giants may be the the second most photographed statues in the U.S.
Washington, D.C.
Legend has it that President Grant’s frequent drinking in the lobby gave rise to the term “lobbyist.”
Milford, New Hampshire
This historic mini-suspension bridge was swept away once but is now here to stay.
Seattle, Washington
Browse through roughly 130,000 titles in the world's largest independent video rental store.
San Francisco, California
Art in the form of a winding, man made crack in stone.
Lenox, Massachusetts
The mansion home of author Edith Wharton.
Jekyll Island, Georgia
Georgia's first brewery is also one of its oldest surviving buildings.
Chicago, Illinois
This memorial plaque remembers a strangely shallow maritime disaster known as "Chicago's Titanic."
Grafton, Vermont
Antique gaffe kept in the basement of a small Vermont natural history museum.
Klamath, California
Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.
Karnack, Texas
Foragers once flocked to this big beautiful bayou to hunt for pearls.
Wadmalaw Island, South Carolina
The only working large-scale tea plantation in the United States.
White Pine County, Nevada
A Nevada mining boomtown that ran out of silver and luck.
Ocotillo, California
A UFO scrapyard in the California desert.
Cleveland, Ohio
Marvel at this turn-of-the-century masterpiece that has been turned into a rather stately supermarket.
High Point, North Carolina
A six-foot pair of socks hangs from a drawer of the world's largest bureau.
Roaming bison and a spectacular view at the highest point in Nebraska.
Rochester, New York
A collection of the best toys ever made inside a museum devoted to play.
Rome, Georgia
World's largest college campus includes a wildlife sanctuary and a former movie set on more than 28,000 acres.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Buried beneath the New Mexico sands are believed to be millions of copies of Atari's E.T. video game.
New York, New York
The origins of midtown Manhattan's anachronistic wooden farmhouse remain a mystery.
Watrous, New Mexico
The ruins of this abandoned fort now stand as a picturesque reminder of America's march West.