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GeeOJulie

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The American Visionary Art Museum

Baltimore, Maryland

The American Visionary Art Museum

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

Bondurant's Pharmacy

Lexington, Kentucky

Bondurant's Pharmacy

A pharmacy built in the shape of a mortar and pestle, now resembles a fancy cocktail.

Outside the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. (ncindc/Flickr)

Washington, D.C.

Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception

Largest Roman Catholic church in North America.

Picking through mutilated currency

Washington, D.C.

The Mutilated Currency Division

An obscure public service from the U.S. government that redeems burnt, moldy, and soiled old greenbacks.

The grave of Chang and Eng

Mount Airy, North Carolina

The Grave of Chang and Eng Bunker

This North Carolina grave is the final resting place of the world's most famous conjoined twins.

Wally's Service Station in Mt. Airy.

Mount Airy, North Carolina

Mount Airy

Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.

Lexington's Biblical Miniature Golf. (Creative Commons)

Lexington, Kentucky

Lexington's Biblical Miniature Golf

Three courses accompanied by Christian rock.

Gettysburg Cyclorama

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Gettysburg Cyclorama

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

Exploring the field.
Permanently Closed

Pontiac, Michigan

Pontiac Silverdome

What was once the largest NFL stadium.

Inspiration Stump

Cassadaga, New York

Lily Dale Spiritualist Community

Town full of spiritualists, some of whom are mediums, is still in full swing after 130 years.

Hamtramck Disneyland

Hamtramck, Michigan

Hamtramck Disneyland

A wacky two-story folk-art assemblage of carved and found objects, with lights, motion, and sound now in need of financial support.

Edison's Last Breath

Dearborn, Michigan

Edison's Last Breath

A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.

Diego Rivera's Detroit Industry

Detroit, Michigan

Diego Rivera's Detroit Industry

These enduring murals depicting a distinctly Marxist tribute to capitalism could not even be defeated by McCarthyism.

Panorama from the overlook.

Mt. Jewett, Pennsylvania

Kinzua Bridge

Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.

Giant Boxing Arm of Joe Louis

Detroit, Michigan

Giant Boxing Arm of Joe Louis

Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.

The Cincinnati Mushroom House

Cincinnati, Ohio

The Cincinnati Mushroom House

What is it about mushrooms that makes people wish they lived inside of them?

A postcard from the inside of the aquarium, dating to 1907 or 1908.

Detroit, Michigan

Belle Isle Aquarium

The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.

Annie Oakley's grave.

Versailles, Ohio

Annie Oakley's Grave

The final resting place of the most famous sharpshooter.

Loveland Castle

Loveland, Ohio

Harry Andrews' Chateau Laroche

A castle built by an eccentric medieval enthusiast in suburban Ohio.

Thurmond's Main Street. (LeahC/Atlas Obscura)

Thurmond, West Virginia

Thurmond, West Virginia

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

Koontz Coffee Pot

Bedford, Pennsylvania

Koontz Coffee Pot

This titanic java kettle is one of the many kitschy landmarks located along America's OTHER famous highway.

An aerial view of Serpent Mound in the fall.

Peebles, Ohio

The Great Serpent Mound

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.

George Washington's Headquarters

Cumberland, Maryland

George Washington's Headquarters

This one-room cabin where the young colonel slept during the French and Indian War.

A closer look at one of the many houses

Springfield, Ohio

Hartman Rock Garden

A miniature world of concrete and stone in Springfield, Ohio.

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