Rose Hill, North Carolina
The World's Largest Operational Frying Pan
The 15-foot-wide, 2-ton pan fries hundreds of chickens once a year.
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Rose Hill, North Carolina
The 15-foot-wide, 2-ton pan fries hundreds of chickens once a year.
Manchester, Maine
A strange mark in the stone fence of a cemetery fabled to have been made by the Devil himself.
Sacramento, California
Before it was abandoned and left to rust alongside the road, this riverboat starred in a John Wayne movie.
Fairfield, Ohio
An unusual, super-sized grocery adventure awaits in an Ohio suburb.
Mount Tremper, New York
The world's largest kaleidoscope, designed by a 1960s psychedelic artist.
Pescadero, California
Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.
Detroit, Michigan
This feline raises a friendly paw at drivers barreling toward the freeway.
Nye, Nevada
Potential high level nuclear waste storage site for the next 10,000 years and beyond.
Supply, North Carolina
Divinely-inspired village houses 6,000 dolls, plus strange and lovely outsider art.
Tacoma, Washington
A beautiful footbridge with over 2,000 glass sculptures along the walls and ceiling.
Mitchell, South Dakota
A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.
Tecopa, California
This sculpture garden in Death Valley makes you feel like you've slipped into some alternate reality.
Calico Rock, Arkansas
An abandoned early-20th-century boomtown sits within the Calico Rock city limits.
Milford, New Hampshire
The ghost town that was one of New Hampshire's first settlements now exists as a park detailing its history.
Seattle, Washington
A collection of odd-shaped and quirky sounding instruments handmade by a midcentury inventor-composer.
Shoals, Indiana
The only freestanding table rock formation east of the Mississippi.
Metropolis, Illinois
You have to love a museum with a truly dedicated focus. A focus on Superman, for example.
Baltimore, Maryland
A faded sign from the 1920s remembers Baltimore's resistance toward banning alcohol.
New York, New York
This former crime corner has been turned into an eclectic community center.
Key West, Florida
The island residents are known for taking their quirky sense of humor with them to the grave.
Carthage, Missouri
This historic motel standing at the "crossroads of America" offers a radio in every room and was saved by local protesters.
Cincinnati, Ohio
Mussolini gave Cincinnati a bronze statue of Romulus and Remus suckling at a wolf's teats.
Elkhart, Indiana
A rural hall of justice holds the world's only comic book and superhero museum.
Prospect, Maine
This 19th century granite fortification is one of the most well preserved forts in New England.