Saint Ignatius, Montana
St. Ignatius Mission
This landmark church at the Flathead Reservation mission features 58 ceiling and wall frescoes painted by the mission's cook.
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Saint Ignatius, Montana
This landmark church at the Flathead Reservation mission features 58 ceiling and wall frescoes painted by the mission's cook.
Washington, D.C.
Press 1 for knock-knock jokes.
San Francisco, California
The historic building's ornate stained glass fixture has survived the devastating 1906 earthquake, ensuing fires, and multiple redevelopment attempts.
Fort Valley, Arizona
At 11,500 feet in elevation, there is no toilet in the state closer to the sky than this one.
Brooklyn, New York
This museum dedicated to the history of the medical bone trade and human osteology.
Port Hueneme, California
An outdoor display of military missiles developed at Point Mugu Naval Base.
Providence, Rhode Island
A 132-year-old telescope continues to keep watch over the night skies above Providence.
Los Angeles, California
This humble American Craftsman home is where the Disney brothers’ animation business took flight in 1923.
Scranton, Pennsylvania
A museum dedicated to the history of electric interurban transit near the home of the first electric trolley system in the United States.
Mount Ida, Arkansas
You can dig up your own crystals in the quartz capital of the world.
Sanderson, Texas
Amtrak's least-used stop in the entire country sits in a tiny West Texas town.
Bisbee, Arizona
This Old West hotel, the longest in continuous operation in the state of Arizona, is claimed to be haunted.
Danville, Pennsylvania
Construction uncovered this trove of fossils, which visitors are welcome to add to their own collections.
Cross Plains, Wisconsin
Picturesque and haunting, these 160-year-old stone ruins on top of a bluff are the only remains of a settler's legacy.
Wheat Ridge, Colorado
A Colorado store that specializes in all things spiritual, metaphysical, and witchy.
Florence Hill, Nevada
Exhibiting the tallest structure of its type in Nevada, this massive mining complex is frozen in time.
Leesburg, Virginia
The hulking remains of the Leesburg Lime Company Kiln lie dormant behind a historical marker close to the W&OD trail.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A tragic mystery left this boy nameless for 65 years.
Las Cruces, New Mexico
This 47-foot chile pepper sculpture welcomes Scoville heat unit obsessed tourists to the Big Chile Inn.
Nye County, Nevada
Under the right conditions, rocks will move across this dry lakebed, leaving trails behind them.
Las Cruces, New Mexico
The entire history of the U.S. Space Shuttle Program is painted on an enormous roadside water tank.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
An abandoned incline railway site is now a green space with six acres of trails connecting hilltop neighborhoods.
Greenfield, Massachusetts
Money may not grow on trees, but it can be dispensed by one.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Ryerss mansion in Burholme Park now houses a community library and a museum filled with a trove of oddities from around the world.