New Orleans, Louisiana
Jean Lafitte's Old Absinthe House
A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.
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New Orleans, Louisiana
A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.
Sparta, Wisconsin
These molds for fiberglass statues have formed an eerie, accidental sculpture park.
Chandigarh, India
A palatial sculpture park was built illegally and in secret by a self-taught artist over 36 years.
Chatham, New York
Three acres of mythology-inspired sculptures are visible from the highway.
Seattle, Washington
Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
This pseudo-steampunk weapons facility is the world's largest wood and glue structure, and packs quite a wallop.
Atlanta, Georgia
Proceeds from this colorful teahouse in a historic Atlanta neighborhood directly fund women’s education in northeast India.
Tunis, Tunisia
Some believe this abandoned Brutalist masterpiece inspired George Lucas's Sandcrawler.
Midland, Michigan
This unusual three-way wooden foot bridge spans two rivers at once.
Hinckley, Ohio
Faces carved into the cliffs create an otherworldly walking trail.
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Discover a beautiful natural paradise, minutes away from a thriving city.
Graeagle, California
The viewpoint for this attractive, off-the-beaten-path waterfall is reached by a paved, wheelchair-accessible trail.
Los Angeles, California
Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.
Los Angeles, California
Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.
Los Angeles, California
This stockpile of junked electronic and mechanical gadgets is a favorite among Hollywood prop masters.
Stratford, Ontario
This 12-seat movie theater is the smallest in the world.
Saugues, France
An unsettling shrine dedicated to the ravenous beast that prowled 18th-century France.
Nykøbing Falster, Denmark
This secret collection of the strange and occult was rediscovered in a forgotten room of an old house.
Los Angeles, California
Space program, pneumatics and more, bits and pieces, for movie sets or the common man.
Los Angeles, California
This rare tortoise skeleton has been hanging around the downtown Los Angeles museum for over a century.
Los Angeles, California
High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.
Los Angeles, California
Where the line between entertainment and aerospace blurs.
Los Angeles, California
The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.
Los Angeles, California
The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.