Poulsbo, Washington
The Licorice Shrine
Sweet or salty, super hot or mixed into beer, this is the holy land for all things licorice.
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Poulsbo, Washington
Sweet or salty, super hot or mixed into beer, this is the holy land for all things licorice.
Bainbridge Island, Washington
This 18-foot-tall public art installation is another of sculptor Thomas Dambo's trolls.
Poulsbo, Washington
The small town of Poulsbo in Washington state is the next best thing to the Kingdom of Norway.
Seattle, Washington
An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.
Seattle, Washington
Deep into the lower floors of Pike Place, find a date with fowl fate.
Seattle, Washington
A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.
Seattle, Washington
Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.
Spokane, Washington
This inanimate goat created by the "welding nun" has been helping to clean up the city of Spokane for more than 40 years.
Spokane, Washington
This playground sculpture of an icon from the past is dedicated to the children of the future.
Spokane, Washington
The decorations were inspired by an unlikely missing treasure.
Wallace, Idaho
This oddity shop contains everything from antique tools to a human skeleton.
Wallace, Idaho
The mayor made the declaration in 2004.
Missoula, Montana
A classic carnival ride that was carved to be untouchable.
Custer, South Dakota
The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.
Keystone, South Dakota
This towering wooden Sasquatch was carved with a chainsaw.
Keystone, South Dakota
Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.
Rapid City, South Dakota
One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.
Wall, South Dakota
The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.
Philip, South Dakota
A six-ton, 12-foot-tall concrete prairie dog is touted as the largest in the world.
Casey, Illinois
The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.
Cleveland, Ohio
This Czar-funded, onion-domed, lavishly muraled Orthodox Church played a starring role in "The Deer Hunter."
Cleveland, Ohio
This Cleveland mansion has played host to a German singing group, a Prohibition-era speakeasy, a funeral parlor, and many civil rights meetings.
Akron, Ohio
But did the famous feminist and abolitionist ever really say those iconic four words?
Akron, Ohio
This massive airship factory is so large that it has its own indoor weather.