Washington, D.C.
Peacock Room
This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.
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Washington, D.C.
This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.
Boston, Massachusetts
The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.
West Glacier, Montana
This angular Dwarven tunnel cuts through a mountainside in Glacier National Park.
Garden Grove, California
Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.
St. Johnsbury, Vermont
A small chapel celebrating the spiritual bond between dogs and humans.
Captiva, Florida
This kitsch eatery is chock-a-block with bric-a-brac.
Waxahachie, Texas
It specializes in outsider art and artifacts of secret societies.
Rapid City, South Dakota
One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.
Santa Barbara, California
The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.
Cincinnati, Ohio
This magnificent Cincinnati graveyard is also a popular public park.
Thiells, New York
Decades after testing the polio vaccine on unwitting patients, this historic mental hospital sits in ruin.
Vashon, Washington
A bike being "eaten" by a tree is the real Vashon legend behind popular children's book, "Red Ranger Came Calling."
Farmington Hills, Michigan
Astounding collection of coin-operated games and automata.
Kingston Springs, Tennessee
The first full-scale tunnel built in America is short but scenic.
San Antonio, Texas
Ruins of a once-opulent grand Victorian resort.
Cold Spring, New York
A ruined mansion hidden in the woods of the Hudson Valley, home of a tragically doomed romance.
Chicago, Illinois
A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.
Abita Springs, Louisiana
A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.
Lee, Massachusetts
Stay at this storybook estate, featuring Sir Henry Hudson Kitson's masterpiece "Gingerbread House."
Murphys, California
A popular tourist cave with a dark past.
Denver, Colorado
A small horde of mythical creatures lurk almost imperceptibly within the museum's wildlife dioramas.
Signal Mountain, Tennessee
Live long and prosper in Tennessee.
Chicago, Illinois
Built to house a chapter of the Knights Templar, this grandiose building is a relic of Freemasonry in Chicago a century ago.
Riverview, Florida
The history of the traveling carnival is remembered by this sprawling collection of vintage wagons, games, and rides.