Seattle, Washington
The Arctic Club
The historic bar where local ship captains, traders, and gold miners would come together to do business a century ago.
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Seattle, Washington
The historic bar where local ship captains, traders, and gold miners would come together to do business a century ago.
Hendersonville, North Carolina
These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.
Alexandria, Virginia
The narrowest house in America is seven feet of pure spite.
Alexandria, Virginia
This colonial tavern played host to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other famous early Americans.
Alexandria, Virginia
A former major munitions plant that has been converted into a sprawling art space.
Thetford, Vermont
This folk art dinosaur was almost pushed to extinction due to lack of a building permit.
San Juan, Puerto Rico
This bleach-white graveyard overlooking the ocean is accessed through a tunnel.
Cataño, Puerto Rico
The bat-covered home of one of the world's most popular brands of rum is located on a tropical Art Deco campus.
Arecibo, Puerto Rico
The world's second largest single-dish radio telescope, once used to contact E.T.
Noord, Aruba
The remnants of an abandoned, 19th-century gold mill along Aruba's rugged northeastern coast.
Harrisons, Barbados
An abandoned lighthouse located on the cliffs of Barbados.
Barbados
This popular tourist cave was ignored for almost 200 years before being mined into an attraction.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.
Las Vegas, Nevada
An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.
Las Vegas, Nevada
One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.
Berlin, Maryland
Explore the legends surrounding these mythical sea creatures inside this museum.
Fenwick Island, Delaware
A desiccated merman and a walrus penis bone are among the oddities in this eclectic collection of shipwreck treasures.
Ocean City, Maryland
One of the oldest active carousels in the country—but it might be missed by all but the keenest-eyed boardwalk strollers.
Oakland, New Jersey
The remains of a century-old mansion that met a fiery demise years after it was deserted.
Holyoke, Massachusetts
A careful eye can find hundreds of dinosaur tracks running along the Connecticut River.
Lake George, New York
All that remains of the once-booming chain is a single orange-roofed restaurant.
Vancouver, British Columbia
This quirky piece of naval artillery has been deafening Canadians for over a century.
Vancouver, British Columbia
What happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100-year-old copyright.