Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Sputnik IV Crash Site
A metal ring in the middle of the road marks the exact spot where the Soviet satellite crash-landed in 1962.
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Manitowoc, Wisconsin
A metal ring in the middle of the road marks the exact spot where the Soviet satellite crash-landed in 1962.
East Granby, Connecticut
A former copper mine which became a truly unsuccessful prison.
Oakland, California
Neoclassical Revival mansion and set of horror cult classic Phantasm.
Yarmouth, Maine
The world's largest rotating world.
Miami, Florida
Former villa and estate of James Deering developed to preserve native tropical forests.
Chicago, Illinois
Home to a protest movement, a bombing, and a dramatic change in labor history.
Los Angeles, California
Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The stone labyrinth in this New Orleans city park was laid to symbolize healing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
Washington, D.C.
The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.
Yorklyn, Pennsylvania
An outlandish shoe shaped house built by an eccentric millionaire.
Mill Valley, California
Law-protected wreckage serves as a peculiar memorial for an almost forgotten World War II tragedy.
Kecksburg, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania's own Roswell-style UFO mystery.
Denio, Nevada
Mine your own precious stones.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco's oldest operating hotel, with a Victorian atmosphere and a "haunted" fourth floor.
Joliet, Illinois
What was once the second largest steel mill in the US is now a sprawling complex of modern ruins.
Bluff City, Tennessee
A delightful park featuring homemade scale replicas of dinosaurs, tucked away in the Tennessee mountains.
Rapid City, South Dakota
One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.
South Park Township, Pennsylvania
One man's real life disfigurement inspired a lasting local legend surrounding an eerie tunnel.
Alamo, Nevada
If you want to take a peek at Area 51, this is legally as close as you're going to get.
San Francisco, California
Russian history in San Francisco.
Salem, Massachusetts
The headquarters in Salem doubles as an occult art gallery.
San Francisco, California
Join the circus for a few lessons to learn clowning, acrobatics, and Chinese contortion.
Plainville, Connecticut
A seasonal movie monster museum featuring wax creations by a relative of one of the original Universal Studios monsters.
Montpelier, Vermont
Beautiful hillside Vermont cemetery with amazing funerary art.