Lyndhurst, Virginia
Swannanoa Palace
This historic mansion was built as a symbol of love between a husband and wife.
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Luray, Virginia
The Great Stalacpipe Organ
An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.
Wilmington, Delaware
Winterthur
A blend of art, antiquities, and Americana fill this museum, surrounded by whimsical, enchanting gardens.
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
Longwood Gardens
This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.
San Francisco, California
Musée Mécanique
A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.
San Francisco, California
Ruins of the Sutro Baths
The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.
Inverness, California
Point Reyes Lighthouse
The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.
Sacramento, California
Sacramento's Original Street Level
The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee Art Museum
This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.
Morro Bay, California
Morro Rock
A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.
Washoe County, Nevada
Bonsai Rock, Lake Tahoe
Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.
Prague, Czechia
Strahov Monastery
Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.
Yucca, Arizona
Area 66
This golf ball–shaped former desert real estate office now houses a UFO museum.
San Jose, California
The Winchester Mystery House
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
Bryson City, North Carolina
Kuwohi
This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.
New York, New York
Model Ship Collection at the South Street Seaport Museum
Set sail on a small scale.
Berkeley, California
Free Speech Monument
This subtle Berkeley paving stone actually marks off a lawless tube of air that extends into space.
Berkeley, California
Cesar Chavez Park
A 90-acre park on former landfill that hosts an annual kite festival.
Los Angeles, California
Chicken Boy
The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.
Los Angeles, California
The Magic Castle
The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.
Los Angeles, California
Space Shuttle Endeavour
The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.
Lookout Mountain, Georgia
Rock City
A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.
Lookout Mountain, Tennessee
Lookout Mountain Incline Railway
This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.
Elberta, Alabama
Bamahenge
Alabama has a fiberglass Stonehenge. With apologies to Spinal Tap, this one is full-size.
