Richmond, California
Golden State Model Railroad Museum
A 10,000-square-foot museum of operating model trains.
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Richmond, California
A 10,000-square-foot museum of operating model trains.
Windsor, Illinois
A 30-foot-tall goat tower in central Illinois is home to a herd of Swiss ungulates.
New York, New York
Where now stands a 42-story condominium tower of marble, glass and steel was once the central market of New York’s slave trade.
New York, New York
Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.
New York, New York
This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.
London, England
It is against the law to obstruct the view from the top of this English burial mound.
Clear Lake, Iowa
A giant pair of thick black glasses mark the tragic demise of a trio of rock and roll legends.
Hill City, South Dakota
One of the largest private collections of fossils in the world.
Taupō, New Zealand
This 46-foot-tall carving of a legendary Māori navigator can only be visited by boat.
Conata, South Dakota
A ghost town now swarming with dozens of prairie dogs.
Cross Plains, Wisconsin
A tiny 1857 chapel sits on top of a secluded, forested hill.
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
This lakefront cottage was crafted in the 1800s and was once a sanitorium.
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
The final resting place of Gary Gygax; co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons.
Williams Bay, Wisconsin
Home to the world's largest refracting telescope and the birthplace of modern astrophysics.
Johnson Creek, Wisconsin
This supper-club-turned-concert-venue still serves drinks at its original rotating bar.
Milton, Wisconsin
The tunnel that runs beneath this former inn was once a hiding place for enslaved people seeking freedom.
Roscoe, Illinois
This deceivingly ordinary warehouse hides an enormous collection of pop culture treasures.
Los Angeles, California
The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.
Los Angeles, California
Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.
Los Angeles, California
Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.
Wall, South Dakota
One of the first intercontinental ballistic missile sites in the United States.
Manitowoc, Wisconsin
A metal ring in the middle of the road marks the exact spot where the Soviet satellite crash-landed in 1962.
Manistee, Michigan
The restored ferry is now a dockside museum and a unique bed and breakfast.
Sundance, Wyoming
This shallow pit was once used to send over 20,000 buffalo plummeting to their death.