Crawfordsville, Indiana
Rotary Jail Museum
The first spinning jail built in the United States is the only one that still turns.
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Crawfordsville, Indiana
The first spinning jail built in the United States is the only one that still turns.
St. Charles, Missouri
Entombed in this strange, white stone hill are the deadly remains of radioactive weapons production.
Arnhem, Netherlands
Organisms normally seen under a microscope decorate this church.
Irvine, California
This bronze statue commemorates the strange and beloved mascot of UC Irvine—the only university to be represented by a giant anteater.
Denver, Colorado
A multiversal transit station located right below a highway interchange.
Tacoma, Washington
A massive environmental project transformed this former smelter into a beautiful park.
Erie, Kansas
A Jurassic artscape composed of transmission casings and other mechanical parts.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.
Funchal, Portugal
Crafted from ocean litter, this sculpture highlights the ills of overconsumption.
Portugal
This gaping hole in the middle of a remote mountain lake looks like a portal to another dimension.
San Francisco, California
A 1920s home transformed into an immersive art experience, where every room is a portal to another realm.
London, England
The Ranger’s House exhibits fine mementos collected by Sir Julius Werner during the course of his life, including this infamous pendant.
Alexander, Maine
The largest hand-carved, outdoor sculpture collection in the state of Maine.
Detroit, Michigan
Inside the Wayne County airport is an amazing collection of lights and sounds.
West Hartford, Connecticut
Journey inside the bowels of this sperm whale sculpture.
Tokyo, Japan
Emerging from the sidewalk, this sculpture of a whale commemorates the importance of baleen in traditional Japanese puppetry.
Idaho Falls, Idaho
This combination shop and museum is filled with curious items and artifacts.
Asheville, North Carolina
A 17th-century bezoar, dirt from an infamous site, and other curios decorate this unusual bar.
Ballston Spa, New York
Thousands of bottles that have held everything from poison to perfume make up the collection of this small museum.
Devon Meadows, Australia
A potpourri of rocks, fossils, and crystals is rounded out by a dinosaur garden and a 15-foot great white shark.
Scottsdale, Arizona
An out of this world experience.
Shepherdstown, West Virginia
The "All-Seeing Eye of God" symbol on this library is a clue to one of the many former lives of this building.
Irvington, New York
This fancifully decorated Victorian home in New York’s Hudson Valley is the only known fully domed octagonal residence in the United States.
Tucson, Arizona
This bomb shelter-themed bar has barely changed since it opened.