Cambridge, Massachusetts
Harvard Lampoon Building
The headquarters of one of the world’s longest-running humor magazines bears a noticeable resemblance to a head wearing a Prussian helmet.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts
The headquarters of one of the world’s longest-running humor magazines bears a noticeable resemblance to a head wearing a Prussian helmet.
Boston, Massachusetts
The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.
Jordan, Minnesota
This bright yellow building is packed with sweet treats from all around the world, from chocolate-covered crickets to whoopie pies.
Baltimore, Maryland
The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.
Baltimore, Maryland
Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.
Salt Lake City, Utah
Pyramid home to an obscure religious group that practices modern mummification.
Salt Lake City, Utah
A hidden garden of stones engraved with scriptures, a Joseph Smith Sphinx, all carved by one man.
Providence, Rhode Island
This 3,500 pound obelisk was constructed with more than 1,000 reclaimed guns.
Providence, Rhode Island
An architectural statement of artistic intent smack in the middle of Providence, Rhode Island's Colonial uniformity.
Brooklyn, New York
Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.
New York, New York
Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.
New York, New York
Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.
Moab, Utah
This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.
Bryce, Utah
Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
One of the few brewers in the U.S. experimenting with hop-free beers.
Wadmalaw Island, South Carolina
The only working large-scale tea plantation in the United States.
Corona, South Dakota
The lowest point in South Dakota and the source of the Minnesota River.
Baltimore, Maryland
A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.
Burlington, Vermont
This 38-drawer structure claims the superlative title, but it isn't the world's only giant filing cabinet.
Burlington, Vermont
Scary metal statues adorn some of the signature buildings of Burlington, Vermont.
Burlington, Vermont
Cryptid lake monster honored with its own monument.
Salem, Massachusetts
The headquarters in Salem doubles as an occult art gallery.
Winthrop, Massachusetts
Second largest wastewater treatment plant in the country.
Boston, Massachusetts
Museum dedicated to awful artwork.