Nags Head, North Carolina
Jockey's Ridge
This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.
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Nags Head, North Carolina
This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.
Supply, North Carolina
Divinely-inspired village houses 6,000 dolls, plus strange and lovely outsider art.
Corolla, North Carolina
One of the best places to see wild Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.
Wilson, North Carolina
A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.
Hillsborough Township, New Jersey
This mountain clearing, created during World War II for an oil pipeline, provides a view of NYC from 40 miles away.
Hoboken, New Jersey
A bronze plaque at an intersection in Hoboken marks the place where the game of baseball first took shape.
Baltimore, Maryland
This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.
Suches, Georgia
They call this long foot bridge a swinging bridge, but really it's the bouncing you have to watch out for.
Tampa, Florida
The larger-than-life art installation at Tampa International Airport welcomes travelers to town.
Melbourne Beach, Florida
This small beachside park commemorates the possibilities of discovery.
Pinellas Park, Florida
The only known working replica of the world's first self-propelled vehicle.
St. Augustine, Florida
One of the oldest, tallest, and most haunted lighthouses in America.
Jacksonville, Florida
Must form and function forever remain at odds? Not if the Florida Department of Transportation has its way.
North Miami Beach, Florida
A gaudy painted elephant stands in memory of south Florida's fallen carnies.
Polk City, Florida
The world's largest private aircraft collection.
Marco Island, Florida
Wading through a small lagoon reveals a secret, wild stretch of pristine beach.
Estero, Florida
Former utopian colony based on the belief that the universe exists in a hollow sphere.
St. Augustine, Florida
The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.
Waldo, Florida
North Central Florida's largest flea market and a weekend roadtripper's dream.
Fort Washington, Maryland
This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.
Cumberland, Maryland
This one-room cabin where the young colonel slept during the French and Indian War.
Baltimore, Maryland
An eerie, abandoned military base engulfed by nature and graffiti is now home to a local park.
Richmond, Indiana
The fifth geographically in a series of twelve statues commemorating westward expansion in the United States.
Wabash, Indiana
This shop is named for a runaway elephant who smashed through its doors, stole some peanuts, and spent five days on the lam.