Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America's Oldest Operating Theater
In the early 1800s, surgery was also a show.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
In the early 1800s, surgery was also a show.
Woodstock, New Hampshire
These towering spires and glowing walls are carefully crafted from hundreds of thousands of icicles.
Sedona, Arizona
A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.
Landers, California
A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.
Waco, Texas
Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.
Chicago, Illinois
Pizza with a side of fine art.
Memphis, Tennessee
A Memphis park where you can walk the whole Mississippi River in one go.
Holyoke, Massachusetts
The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.
New York, New York
New York City's only preserved family home from the 19th century.
Shoreham, New York
An unrealized dream to wirelessly electrify the entire Earth.
Bonne Terre, Missouri
The world's largest man-made underground caverns offer unparalleled underwater wonders.
Seligman, Arizona
A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
This abandoned Poconos resort is haunted by a history of kitschy romance and a violent fugitive.
Wilmington, North Carolina
Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.
Wendover, Utah
Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.
Tucson, Arizona
The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.
Santa Monica, California
A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.
Panamint, California
The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.
Port Angeles, Washington
Tour the original street level of Port Angeles, buried underground in 1914.
Hamilton Township, New Jersey
A unique sculpture park that specializes in the huge and bizarre.
Felton, California
This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.
Latrobe, Pennsylvania
The universally beloved children's television figure is interred on a high hilltop in one of western Pennsylvania's oldest cemeteries.
Thiells, New York
Decades after testing the polio vaccine on unwitting patients, this historic mental hospital sits in ruin.
Lucas, Kansas
A unique attraction and museum dedicated to exploring iconic roadside structures.