Ladysmith, Wisconsin
Toad House
A fairytale art house in the middle of Wisconsin.
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Ladysmith, Wisconsin
A fairytale art house in the middle of Wisconsin.
Scotland, Maryland
This scenic Maryland park was the site of one of the worst prison camps of the Civil War.
Stanford, California
An archive of nearly every day of Buckminster Fuller's life.
San Francisco, California
Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.
Washington, D.C.
A historic ruin just 20 feet away from a busy highway onramp.
Boys Town, Nebraska
An idle pastime becomes a record holder in Boys Town, Nebraska.
Bethel, Maine
Turns out you can see the world without ever leaving Maine.
Dover, Ohio
The spectacular collection of one of the world's best woodcarvers.
Maywood, Illinois
A plaque marks a former safe house on the secret route, now hidden next to a McDonald's.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A haunting, yet lovingly hand-hewn potters' field full of graves that flood with each heavy rain.
New York, New York
The tiniest little stage in New York.
Mills, New Mexico
Adobe ruins punctuate the beauty of an 800 foot canyon carved by the Canadian River.
Paris, Illinois
One of the first historical sites of an alternative universe was installed in the town of Paris, Illinois—which is now home to an annual spelling bee of Kcymaerxthaereal words.
Kennebunkport, Maine
The world's oldest and largest museum of mass transit vehicles.
Key West, Florida
The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity's microbrewery.
Chatham, New York
Three acres of mythology-inspired sculptures are visible from the highway.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
A giant, Gilded Age mansion that once belonged to the beer baron of Milwaukee.
Hilliard, Ohio
A retro walk through the history of the tube.
Lombard, Illinois
This botanical garden outside Chicago boasts an array of more than 300 varieties of lilacs.
Santa Monica, California
Perhaps the most unique of any Frank Gehry design for one simple reason: Gehry himself actually lives here.
Corning, New York
Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.
San Francisco, California
The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.
Millvale, Pennsylvania
An 18th-century Catholic church converted into an eccentric temple of music and bacchanalia.
Clayhole, Kentucky
Origin of the blue-skinned Fugates of eastern Kentucky.