Beech Mountain, North Carolina
Land of Oz Theme Park
A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.
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Beech Mountain, North Carolina
A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.
Coudersport, Pennsylvania
"Dark Sky Park" is heaven on Earth for astronomers, one of the rare U.S. locations with no artificial light pollution.
Landers, California
Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.
Los Angeles, California
Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.
Canyon, Texas
The Grand Canyon of Texas.
El Prado, New Mexico
These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.
San Francisco, California
A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.
Chicago, Illinois
A century-old network of freight tunnels underneath the city's historic business district.
Kayenta, Arizona
Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.
Summerville, Georgia
Crumbling ruins mark the site of a couple's grisly murder in the woods.
Los Angeles, California
The last of its kind in the country.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
More than five miles of underground passageways.
Tintagel, England
A fantastic castle rumored to be the birthplace of King Arthur.
Chicago, Illinois
A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.
Winslow, Arizona
A stealthy Apache hideaway that became the haunting site of a mass grave.
Washington, D.C.
There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.
Chicago, Illinois
This unauthorized stone mermaid was secretly carved out of public stone before being permanently preserved.
Johns Island, South Carolina
One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.
Safety Harbor, Florida
This home is decked out like a psychedelic explosion of colors and bowling balls.
Los Angeles, California
The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.
Pisgah Forest, North Carolina
Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?
White Post, Virginia
Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.
Haleyville, Alabama
148 feet long and in the middle of a verdant forest.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.