East Haddam, Connecticut
Gillette Castle State Park
Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage.
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East Haddam, Connecticut
Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage.
Essex, Connecticut
British troops and Prohibition couldn’t stop this spot from becoming one of the United States' oldest continuously-run taverns.
Seattle, Washington
A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.
Yorklyn, Pennsylvania
An outlandish shoe shaped house built by an eccentric millionaire.
Felton, California
This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.
San Francisco, California
The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.
San Francisco, California
A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.
San Francisco, California
There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.
Lincoln, New Hampshire
Come for the gun-toting hillbilly madman, stay for the ice-cream loving basketball bears.
Lincoln, New Hampshire
A gas station and a state sign commemorating the most famous claims of extraterrestrial abduction.
Jackson, New Hampshire
The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.
Bangor, Maine
The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.
Helen, Georgia
This lovely burial mound is actually a replica that was installed after archeologists excavated the original.
Cleveland, Georgia
A museum and doll store featuring a surreal and super sanitized version of where babies come from.
Summerville, Georgia
This "Plant Farm Museum" is home to the divinely inspired and visionary outsider artwork of Reverend Howard Finster.
Lookout Mountain, Georgia
A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.
Williams, Arizona
An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
Amherst, Massachusetts
Founded by the famed children's book artist, this museum spreads an appreciation of the arts through picture books.
Boston, Massachusetts
Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.
Salem, Massachusetts
Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.
New York, New York
A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt.
Lake George, New York
This throwback amusement park is home to rides and unique storybook figures from the past.