Avalon, California
Catalina Country Club
An unexpected connection to Chicago awaits visitors on an island just off the California coast.
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Avalon, California
An unexpected connection to Chicago awaits visitors on an island just off the California coast.
Austin, Texas
Roadside Americana, fairy tale characters, and Austin quirkiness come together at this magical course in the heart of Texas' capital city.
Powell, Wyoming
An unusual geological feature towers over the remains of a dark episode in United States history.
San Francisco, California
These six walrus head statues harken back to a time when this area wasn't far from the oceanfront.
Tarpon Springs, Florida
No one knows how or why this painting appeared to produce crystallized tears.
Banning, California
The biggest pinball arcade in the world has over 600 pinball machines, and 300 arcade machines.
Tacoma, Washington
"The House That Love Built" is shying away from "The House That Ghosts Love."
Hallandale Beach, Florida
The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.
Sequim, Washington
Essence of hound's tongue and tincture of bloodroot are just the tip of the herbalist iceberg at this beautiful, impressively-stocked apothecary.
Terlingua, Texas
An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.
Williamsburg, Kentucky
Moonbows over Kentucky.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.
Santa Ynez, California
The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.
New York, New York
The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.
Leadville, Colorado
Abandoned silver mine strewn with wrecked and twisted structures.
San Jose, California
San Francisco Bay's ghost town.
Valentine, Texas
A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.
Onsted, Michigan
The remains of an abandoned dinosaur theme park litter the woods just off the highway.
Staunton, Virginia
A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.
Seattle, Washington
Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.
Corinne, Utah
An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.
Quemado, New Mexico
In the remote high desert of New Mexico, a strange array of poles beckon fury from above.
Clayton, Georgia
A curious whirlpool formation supposedly capable of entangling or engulfing branches, tree trunks, or whole rafts full of hapless tourists.
Brooklyn, New York
Abandoned power station once home to a squatter community, now being developed into an arts center.