Niles, Illinois
Leaning Tower of Niles
Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.
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Niles, Illinois
Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.
Regent, North Dakota
One man's quest to save his town with a trail of record-breaking sculptures.
Calistoga, California
The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.
Wilson, North Carolina
A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.
Dolores, Colorado
A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.
Iron River, Michigan
Large pioneer village showcasing life during boom times.
Salt Lake City, Utah
A hidden garden of stones engraved with scriptures, a Joseph Smith Sphinx, all carved by one man.
Jamestown, North Dakota
Three legendary, living albino buffalo roaming their pastures for all to see.
Mount Dandenong, Australia
A collection of outdoor mystical statues paying homage to indigenous Australians and ecological stewardship.
Marysville, Australia
A forest full of mystical fantasy figures, nearly destroyed by recent fires.
Chandigarh, India
A palatial sculpture park was built illegally and in secret by a self-taught artist over 36 years.
Bomarzo, Italy
A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.
Tucson, Arizona
The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.
Creede, Colorado
A fake mine that was made using real mining techniques which is also used as a community center.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.
Boscastle, England
The world's largest collection of witchcraft regalia.
Paris, France
The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.
Gold Hill, Oregon
A tourist attraction founded around a slumping cabin.
Homestead, Florida
A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.
Sparta, Wisconsin
These molds for fiberglass statues have formed an eerie, accidental sculpture park.
Marshfield, Wisconsin
"Iron Age" creatures fill this huckster's rusted metal sculpture garden.
Moires, Greece
Cretean quarry suggests real-life site for ancient Greek myth of the man-eating Minotaur in his labyrinth.
Warminster, England
The longest hedge maze in the world.
Fresno, California
An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.