Woolsey, Nevada
Lovelock Airmail Arrow
A surviving concrete arrow from a 1920s navigational network is preserved right off a modern freeway.
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Woolsey, Nevada
A surviving concrete arrow from a 1920s navigational network is preserved right off a modern freeway.
Niles, Illinois
Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.
Fresno, California
An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.
Lincoln, Massachusetts
No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.
Reno, Nevada
A concrete arrow from a 1920s network of airmail beacons is still preserved at the western edge of suburban Reno.
St. Louis, Missouri
Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.
The Colony, Texas
A master plumber has turned his love of art and toilets into a folk museum that's not taking the piss.
Richardson, Texas
"Dallas’s pretty much only carnivorous plant gallery."
New York, New York
Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.
Bronx, New York
The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.
Nederland, Colorado
Inspired by a music box, a small town Vietnam vet carved an entire carousel full of animals by hand.
Melbourne, Australia
Somewhat controversial when first unveiled, this gathering of sea creatures has become a hidden gem.
Naftah, Tunisia
Buildings from the fictional planet of Tatooine still litter the Tunisian desert.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.
Goldfield, Nevada
This magnificent, quirky home sits atop a literal gold mine in the middle of the Nevada desert.
New York, New York
An unassuming secret door once led to a legendary watering hole.
New York, New York
The beautiful tunnel that ran from the lobby to Penn Station is still hidden underneath 34th Street.
Peach Springs, Arizona
One of the largest, oldest, darkest, quietest motel rooms in the world.
Peach Springs, Arizona
In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.
Plymouth, England
The only place where can you share a seat with the bums of the Fab Four.
New York, New York
A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt.
London, England
The fences outside some of South London's estates are made from recycled World War II stretchers.
Round Rock, Texas
This house proudly displays an interactive and continuously changing exhibit of lawn flamingos.
Bryson City, North Carolina
This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.