Bedford, Pennsylvania
Koontz Coffee Pot
This titanic java kettle is one of the many kitschy landmarks located along America's OTHER famous highway.
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Bedford, Pennsylvania
This titanic java kettle is one of the many kitschy landmarks located along America's OTHER famous highway.
Everett, Pennsylvania
A 20-foot-tall quarter commemorates George Washington’s ties to Bedford County.
Everett, Pennsylvania
Built in the 1970s, this curious modular home found new life as a sundae-shaped ice cream stand.
Sweetwater, Texas
A tribute to the little-known group of women who were the first ever to fly aircraft in the U.S. military.
Charleston, South Carolina
This small memorial is almost as well concealed as Smalls himself was on the night he sailed to freedom.
Cape May, New Jersey
The rusting remains are visible sticking out of the waters of the Delaware Bay.
Miami, Florida
A perfect circle of 24 mysterious holes dates back to prehistoric times.
Key West, Florida
The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.
Key West, Florida
These large-scale reproductions of Mario Sanchez’s colorful pictures and murals feel like a walk around a small movie set, and also lead you down an imaginary “street” of past decades.
Key West, Florida
The museum chronicling a treasure hunter's dream, fulfilled.
Key West, Florida
The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity's microbrewery.
Key West, Florida
The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.
Key West, Florida
A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.
Key West, Florida
Recently celebrating its 25th anniversary, the garden opened in September 1997 to celebrate the men and women who have had the greatest impact on Key West.
Key West, Florida
A historic landmark and museum filled with curious objects representing the history of Key West.
San Francisco, California
A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.
London, England
Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.
Cambridge, England
Numberless clock creates a meal of time for the dreaded, insectile Chronophage.
Cambridge, England
The Cambridge pub where Francis Crick announced that he and James Watson had discovered the DNA double-helix.
Cambridge, England
An ordinary lamppost situated in the middle of Cambridge has an unusual moniker and history.
San Antonio, Texas
The quirky gift from West Berlin for the 1968 World's Fair still stands in Hemisfair Park.
San Antonio, Texas
This big empty pig is a nostalgic throwback to mid-20th-century Texas barbecue.
San Antonio, Texas
Colorful curls of hand-blown glass form a captivating tower in San Antonio's Central Library.
San Antonio, Texas
Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.