New York, New York
The SeaGlass Carousel
Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.
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New York, New York
Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.
Austin, Texas
Unusual house, in an unusual neighborhood, home to some very unusual peanuts.
Hoopeston, Illinois
An Art Deco gem that held together the artistic heart of an agricultural community for 92 years.
St. Petersburg, Florida
Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.
Martinsville, Illinois
Even with only two residents and one building, this tiny Illinois town is famous for its burgers.
Lynchburg, Virginia
A quintet of history museums make this Virginia graveyard as much a resting place for funereal history as it is for people.
Arcadia, Oklahoma
The future of roadside attractions is this sci-fi soda mecca that is home to a 66-foot tall neon pop bottle.
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
The internal railway of one of the biggest steel plants in America has been transformed into a linear park with unique industrial views.
Heber Springs, Arkansas
A wild trout fishery in Arkansas.
Skagway, Alaska
A classic gold rush hotel can be expected to pick up some ghosts along the way, and the Golden North is no exception.
Washington, D.C.
Four bald cypress trees in Lafayette Square, across from the White House, mark the southern edge of a 100,000 year old cypress swamp.
Grand Marais, Minnesota
Duluth mineral magnates built this charming art deco lodge to be their private clubhouse.
Carbon County, Utah
Here, at the “world’s longest art gallery,” you’ll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
A park full of outsider art, created by college students studying outsider art.
Sewanee, Tennessee
Mysterious library of an infamous financier and spiritual seeker.
Avalon, California
A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.
Queens, New York
A remnant from the golden age of aviation still in use today, Pan Am's Clipper service took off from this Art Deco gem.
San Bernardino County, California
In the middle of the desert, miles from any human life, sat an anomalous pay phone that still magically answers your calls.
Grand Marais, Michigan
This little barrel-shaped cottage by Lake Superior was once a cartoonist's summer retreat.
Lincoln, New Hampshire
Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.
Boston, Massachusetts
Painstakingly built dioramas sit unnoticed in a Boston office building.
Honolulu, Hawaii
The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.
Kilauea, Hawaii
A once-glowing grotto at the bottom of Waikapalae Wet Cave.
Washington, D.C.
Enormous piles of historically significant stones, dumped by Congress in a forest, and abandoned for 60 years.