Colorado Springs, Colorado
United 585 Memorial
When a mechanical flaw rewrote aviation rules.
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Colorado Springs, Colorado
When a mechanical flaw rewrote aviation rules.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
A damaged tree turned into a whimsical giant pencil that is sharpened each year.
Salem, Massachusetts
An inn older than the Witch Trials.
Anderson, Indiana
Indiana’s largest prehistoric earthwork, aligned with the solstices.
Hartford, Connecticut
An elliptical glass tower that is known as the world’s first two-sided building.
Bryan, Ohio
This towering sweet treat is big enough to share... with an entire city.
Sonoma, California
The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.
Lakewood, Ohio
An oddities shop with incredible permanent displays on top of its collection of purchasable curiosities.
Cushing, Maine
The life’s work of a sculptor preserved in the Maine woods.
Byers, Colorado
A giant gun-shaped smoker.
Boyne City, Michigan
Ernest Hemingway used to frequent this general store, which appears in several of his short stories.
Paducah, Kentucky
A 22-foot stainless steel quilting needle pays tribute to a local connection to fiber arts.
Camden, Tennessee
An engraved boulder marks the spot where Patsy Cline's life ended in a plane crash.
Avoca, Iowa
Among the cornfields stands a giant spider crafted from an old Volkswagen.
Montreal, Québec
A fragment of one of history’s most famous walls stands as a reminder of unity in a culturally divided city.
Dresden, Ontario
The settlement of a leading abolitionist who inspired one of America's most influential novels.
Lacombe, Alberta
The biggest bit of tackle you’ll ever see is in this Alberta town.
Kemmerer, Wyoming
You can dig for your own 52-million-year-old fish fossils.
Rochester Hills, Michigan
A historic cider mill still using time-tested techniques.
Scotland Neck, North Carolina
Amazing collection of over 2,000 live birds from around the world, many of which are rare or endangered.
Robbinsville, New Jersey
This Hindu temple in suburban New Jersey is the largest in the United States and one of the largest in the world.
Houston, Texas
One of the 20th century’s most famous businessmen is buried in Houston’s most prestigious cemetery.
Belleville, Kansas
A real haunted house with an extensive history going back to 1893.
North Canaan, Connecticut
A small memorial dedicated to a man purportedly killed when a meteor the size of an SUV crashed into him.