Opa-locka, Florida
Opa-Locka City Hall
America's only city hall with minarets took architectural cues from Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.
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Opa-locka, Florida
America's only city hall with minarets took architectural cues from Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.
Salem, Massachusetts
One man’s hobby is another man’s world of metal wonders.
San Marino, California
Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.
Easton, Massachusetts
The sprawling, eccentric estate of Ames and Ames, a brilliant botanist, and a genius inventor and artist.
Mount Airy, North Carolina
This North Carolina grave is the final resting place of the world's most famous conjoined twins.
Alexandria, Virginia
This grave marks the passing of a historic Jane Doe whose identity remains a mystery to this day.
Inyo County, California
This desert oddity hides in plain sight thanks to a cartographic error and a desert explorer with a punny sense of humor.
Chicago, Illinois
In a quiet north Chicago neighborhood rests a stunning relic of the golden age of earthenware design.
Thomasville, Georgia
A beautifully detailed Victorian house designed to be easy to flee, built by a man haunted by fire.
Los Angeles, California
The last orange grove of the San Fernando Valley is owned and protected by CSU Northridge.
Leavenworth, Washington
Train debris from the deadliest avalanche in United States history can still be found in the ravine where so many perished.
Upper Darby, Pennsylvania
One of the oldest log cabins in America is one of the last of its kind this historic Swedish dwelling remains a piece of living history.
Lynchburg, Virginia
A "hospital" where people went to be quarantined, die, and be buried in the yard.
San Francisco, California
This print shop boasts one of the largest pinball arcades in San Francisco.
Warren, Ohio
The site of Neil Armstrong's first flight is marked by a full on replica of the moon landers.
San Diego, California
This San Diego museum is dedicated to preserving women’s historic achievements.
Calipatria, California
Huge otherworldly domed rocks on the shore of a deadly lake.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
The bugs crawling down the front of this office building are almost as big as a '68 VW Beetle.
Marfa, Texas
This old abandoned sign flickers to announce a motel that isn't even there.
Washington, D.C.
The oldest building in the District of Columbia was preserved because of a mistaken connection to George Washington.
Pittsboro, North Carolina
A folk art mecca famous among outsider art fans.
Granite Falls, Washington
Four abandoned towers hidden above the Douglas fir forest in Washington.
Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Steepest flood safety railway in the entire world.
Oakland, California
A creepy steel gremlin has protected the Bay Bridge since 1989.