Mount Airy, North Carolina
Mount Airy
Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.
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Mount Airy, North Carolina
Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.
Las Vegas, Nevada
One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.
Sharpsburg, Maryland
A cave on the Maryland border where civilians took refuge during the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.
Savannah, Georgia
A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.
Savannah, Georgia
Local myth claims this is a Sears catalogue home with its windows installed upside-down.
Atlanta, Georgia
The Battle of Atlanta in 360 degrees, featuring a corpse that bears a striking resemblance to Clark Gable.
Lookout Mountain, Georgia
A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.
Gallipolis, Ohio
The failure of one component toppled this entire bridge during rush hour.
Fairfield, Ohio
An unusual, super-sized grocery adventure awaits in an Ohio suburb.
Put-in-Bay, Ohio
The world's tallest doric column is this Ohio monument to a naval victory in the War of 1812.
Marion, Ohio
Featuring one of the most complete and original collections of Presidential memorabilia, this is the site of the last front porch presidential campaigns.
Dayton, Ohio
You can walk through the first Boeing Air Force One, which famously carried JFK's casket from Dallas back to D.C.
Newark, Ohio
An office built to look like a giant basket.
Dayton, Ohio
A real flying saucer, contracted by the U.S. Air Force.
Athens, Ohio
An abandoned asylum incorporated into a college campus.
Put-in-Bay, Ohio
Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.
Florence, Kentucky
After a water tower painting was accused of being an ad, a simple fix was made that gave the city a motto.
Morehead, Kentucky
Bizarre and inspired combination store selling only two items: tires and bibles.
Morgantown, West Virginia
This university transit system is a 1970s vision of the future.
Green Bank, West Virginia
The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.
Green Bank, West Virginia
This rural community has attracted both scientists and techno-refugees due to its federally-mandated lack of technology.
Cass, West Virginia
Take a steam-powered ride straight out of the past on this Appalachian rail line.
White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.