Rocky Hill, Connecticut
Dinosaur State Park
The ancient past meets the retro-future at these dinosaur tracks that are protected by a geodesic dome.
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Rocky Hill, Connecticut
The ancient past meets the retro-future at these dinosaur tracks that are protected by a geodesic dome.
Berkeley Heights, New Jersey
This tiny New Jersey village has lived many lives but seems determined to remain a ghost town.
Gays, Illinois
This historic lavatory leftover features two levels of defecation stations completely without context.
Glover, Vermont
This "common-as-dirt" museum celebrates the glory of normalcy.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.
Kecksburg, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania's own Roswell-style UFO mystery.
Centreville, Virginia
Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.
Philippi, West Virginia
Two insane asylum bodies embalmed by an amateur.
Ansted, West Virginia
The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.
Fredericksburg, Virginia
The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.
Austin, Pennsylvania
When the Austin Dam failed it destroyed much of Austin...and then it failed again.
Kutztown, Pennsylvania
In which a local geological marvel becomes a quaint roadside attraction.
Shartlesville, Pennsylvania
An indoor miniature village and labor of love for Laurence Geiringer, a model railroad enthusiast.
Bedford, Pennsylvania
This titanic java kettle is one of the many kitschy landmarks located along America's OTHER famous highway.
Berkeley Springs, West Virginia
Berkeley Springs State Park boasts the nation's only monument commemorating presidential bathing.
Washington, D.C.
The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.
Providence, Rhode Island
The vaguely man-shaped root that ate the body of the founder of Rhode Island.
Webster, Massachusetts
It's not a typo, now say it five times fast!
Deerfield, Massachusetts
This roadside attraction attracts kids with dinosaurs before blindsiding them with geology.
Worcester, Massachusetts
This miniature feudal castle was built on a whim to honor a US Navy pioneer.
Hull, Massachusetts
Civil War Fort on an island in the Boston Harbor.
Hull, Massachusetts
Hut with supplies for shipwreck survivors.
Newton, Massachusetts
A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.
Watertown, Massachusetts
Located in a beautifully restored ice house, this museum is the result of decades of hard work and devotion to the craft of plumbing.