Winston-Salem, North Carolina
The Last Shell Oil Clamshell Station
This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.
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Winston-Salem, North Carolina
This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.
Jekyll Island, Georgia
Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.
Atlanta, Georgia
The largest cemetery in the American Southeast is a hidden gem near the heart of Atlanta.
Miami Beach, Florida
12,000 sq. ft. museum tracing erotic art from antiquity to modern times.
Bear Creek, North Carolina
A 120-year-old legend concerning an empty circular patch in the North Carolina woods.
San Diego, California
San Diego's most historic and haunted home.
Royse City, Texas
This crumbling UFO is one of only a few remaining "moveable ski chalets" of its kind.
Boston, Massachusetts
The often-overlooked ruins of one of the first buildings designed by famous landscape architect Frederick Olmsted.
Hartford, Connecticut
A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.
Marfa, Texas
Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.
Portland, Oregon
Beyond being incredibly fun, not much can be said about the Hole with certitude.
Havre de Grace, Maryland
Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.
England
Surreal riveted sea forts once protected the Kent shores from German attack.
Los Angeles, California
The neighborhood shop is a sort of tiny cactus museum full of exotic specimens you can take home.
Peach Springs, Arizona
One of the largest, oldest, darkest, quietest motel rooms in the world.
Pottstown, Pennsylvania
A modern ghost town whose inhabitants were driven away by the growth of nuclear power.
St. Marys, Georgia
Ruins of a Carnegie family mansion on Cumberland Island.
Cleveland, Ohio
An unoccupied lighthouse encased in layers of ice from the waters of Lake Erie.
Wilmington, North Carolina
A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.
Hørve, Denmark
Considered one of the most haunted places in Europe, this 800-year-old castle was home to noble prisoners.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Imagine playing a version of Legends of the Hidden Temple, but with a distinctly Southern Gothic flare.
Tampa, Florida
An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.
Bluff, Utah
A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.
Seattle, Washington
Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.