Mitchell, South Dakota
The Corn Palace
A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.
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Mitchell, South Dakota
A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.
Shepherdstown, West Virginia
This general store is more than a century old and home to various oddities and antiques.
Ansted, West Virginia
The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.
Sloan, Nevada
Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.
Boulder, Colorado
This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.
Chesterfield, Missouri
A sculpture of a giant man escaping from the depths of the Earth.
Lexington, Kentucky
A pharmacy built in the shape of a mortar and pestle, now resembles a fancy cocktail.
Rawlins, Wyoming
This prison-turned-museum is a remnant of the Old West's grizzly, violent past.
San Antonio, Texas
Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.
Custer, South Dakota
The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.
Blue Earth, Minnesota
This massive roadside mascot was the first version of the giant to illustrate his butt.
Quartzsite, Arizona
This memorial pyramid marker honors one of the United States Government's first official camel riders.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.
Ellicott City, Maryland
Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.
Fort Washington, Maryland
This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.
Big Pool, Maryland
A star fort along the C&O Canal in western Maryland that protected America in three wars.
Scotland, Maryland
This scenic Maryland park was the site of one of the worst prison camps of the Civil War.
Silver Spring, Maryland
The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.
Bethesda, Maryland
Once home to seven different roller coasters, Glen Echo has undergone many transformations since its founding in 1891.
Columbia, Maryland
A local farm's collection of unusual structures from a now defunct storybook amusement park.
Boonsboro, Maryland
Bizarre Cavern.
Mount Desert, Maine
A precariously balanced rock perches on the edge of a cliff created tens of thousands of years ago by glacial erosion.