Thetford, Vermont
Vermontasaurus
This folk art dinosaur was almost pushed to extinction due to lack of a building permit.
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Thetford, Vermont
This folk art dinosaur was almost pushed to extinction due to lack of a building permit.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
When oil was discovered just outside of Pittsburgh, the city became home to this regional stock market.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Meet your friends, marry your true love, or tell your enemies to kiss your butt under this historic Pittsburgh timepiece.
Salt Lake City, Utah
Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.
Salt Lake City, Utah
Built in 1859, this eagle-topped archway marks the entrance to Brigham Young’s property.
Salt Lake City, Utah
Incredible sculptures inspired by obscure passages from the Bible.
Salt Lake City, Utah
In 1952, this restaurant began selling the Colonel's “secret” recipe.
Salt Lake City, Utah
Pyramid home to an obscure religious group that practices modern mummification.
Salt Lake City, Utah
This giant ice cream cone is the last remaining icon of a Salt Lake City staple.
Rocky Hill, Connecticut
The ancient past meets the retro-future at these dinosaur tracks that are protected by a geodesic dome.
San Francisco, California
Only hotel where you can legally launder money.
Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador
The tiny airport in remote Newfoundland that inspired a hit musical is also a modernist architectural gem.
Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador
Dedicated to the deadliest aviation accidents on Canadian soil.
Salem, Massachusetts
Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."
Manchester, Connecticut
An abandoned Victorian-era mill in the middle of modern Manchester.
Orlando, Florida
Home to a giant switchblade and one of the world's largest collections of pocket knives, this museum is a cut above the rest.
Orlando, Florida
Opened in 1976, this monster-sized version of the fast-food franchise is sometimes called the Epic McD.
Orlando, Florida
Hundreds of skulls and bones at the largest skeleton museum in the country.
Orlando, Florida
A different kind of swan princess.
Qesm Siwah, Egypt
Source for a sizable portion of Egypt's freshwater supply is more than an optical illusion.
Erie, Pennsylvania
A quirky collection of outsider art made from automobile parts.
Newport, Rhode Island
Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.
Paris, France
High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.
Alexandria, Egypt
This memorial park is also the original site of Queen Cleopatra’s Caesareum, whose pillars now stand in London and New York.