Ladysmith, Wisconsin
Toad House
A fairytale art house in the middle of Wisconsin.
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Ladysmith, Wisconsin
A fairytale art house in the middle of Wisconsin.
Hayward, Wisconsin
Gambling, boozing, and yodeling animals cover the walls of this dive bar cum natural history museum.
Seattle, Washington
A collection of odd-shaped and quirky sounding instruments handmade by a midcentury inventor-composer.
Exeter, New Hampshire
Annual celebration commemorating the 1965 sighting of strange lights in the town.
Hudson, New Hampshire
A former zoo turned public park, where visitors can hang out in the old animal cages.
Sarasota, Florida
The collection of 80+ pieces created between the years 1100 and 1500 is intended to be seen, heard, smelled, touched, and tasted.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.
Littleton, New Hampshire
According to the experts at the Guinness World's Record office, this is the longest candy counter in the world.
Howes Cave, New York
Discovered by cows, these upstate New York show caves are presented with a healthy dose of psychedelic folk art.
Dorset, Vermont
This cavernous abandoned marble mine is popular with ice skaters in the winter.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
A giant, Gilded Age mansion that once belonged to the beer baron of Milwaukee.
Gilmanton, New Hampshire
Birthplace of America's first documented serial killer.
New Orleans, Louisiana
An otherworldly musical haven in The Big Easy.
North Adams, Massachusetts
Resonating tubes make music from highway overpass.
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
A local prank turned town icon.
Buford, Wyoming
One of the smallest towns in the United States.
Rutland, Vermont
A beautiful, creepy 19th-century castle stands incongruously in rural Vermont.
Touchet, Washington
Legend says that these tall basalt pillars are the petrified wives of a trickster god.
Ouray, Colorado
A recreation of an Old West apothecary full of curios.
Newport, Rhode Island
A crumbling stone stable and carriage house are all that remain of a manse that was once filled with Egyptian artifacts.
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.
Seattle, Washington
This remarkable collection devoted to the study of fish includes 1 million preserved specimens from all around the world.
Bellows Falls, Vermont
These mysterious petroglyphs in Vermont reflect a troubled history in the treatment of Native American culture.
St. Johnsbury, Vermont
A New England curiosity cabinet, one hundred years on.