Baltimore, Maryland
The American Visionary Art Museum
A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.
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Baltimore, Maryland
A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.
Lexington, Kentucky
A pharmacy built in the shape of a mortar and pestle, now resembles a fancy cocktail.
Washington, D.C.
Largest Roman Catholic church in North America.
Washington, D.C.
An obscure public service from the U.S. government that redeems burnt, moldy, and soiled old greenbacks.
Mount Airy, North Carolina
This North Carolina grave is the final resting place of the world's most famous conjoined twins.
Mount Airy, North Carolina
Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.
Lexington, Kentucky
Three courses accompanied by Christian rock.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.
Pontiac, Michigan
What was once the largest NFL stadium.
Cassadaga, New York
Town full of spiritualists, some of whom are mediums, is still in full swing after 130 years.
Hamtramck, Michigan
A wacky two-story folk-art assemblage of carved and found objects, with lights, motion, and sound now in need of financial support.
Dearborn, Michigan
A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.
Detroit, Michigan
These enduring murals depicting a distinctly Marxist tribute to capitalism could not even be defeated by McCarthyism.
Mt. Jewett, Pennsylvania
Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.
Detroit, Michigan
Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.
Cincinnati, Ohio
What is it about mushrooms that makes people wish they lived inside of them?
Detroit, Michigan
The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.
Versailles, Ohio
The final resting place of the most famous sharpshooter.
Loveland, Ohio
A castle built by an eccentric medieval enthusiast in suburban Ohio.
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.
Bedford, Pennsylvania
This titanic java kettle is one of the many kitschy landmarks located along America's OTHER famous highway.
Peebles, Ohio
The largest earthwork effigy in the world.
Cumberland, Maryland
This one-room cabin where the young colonel slept during the French and Indian War.
Springfield, Ohio
A miniature world of concrete and stone in Springfield, Ohio.