Boston, Massachusetts
Make Way for Ducklings Statue
Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.
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Boston, Massachusetts
Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.
Washington, D.C.
An overlooked oasis of quiet on the grounds of Washington's monumental basilica.
Rochester, New York
A bronze ballot box stands at the spot where Susan B. Anthony voted illegally.
Grand Junction, Tennessee
An homage to the pointers and retrievers that have long been a hunter's best friend.
Waterloo, New York
A historic home with ties to the abolition and suffrage movements.
Springfield, Massachusetts
Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.
Washington, D.C.
When it comes to handsignals (and colonialism) rock always beats scissors.
Cumberland, Maryland
Maryland's first (and last standing) toll house on America's first federal road established the state as the "Gateway to the West."
Fort Stockton, Texas
The second largest roadrunner in the world stands 11 feet tall in his West Texas town.
Rochester, New York
A Seussian sculpture made of brass instruments.
Galveston, Texas
This tiny, hurricane-resistant house in Galveston is one of the city's most notable architectural oddities.
Manchester Township, New Jersey
Beautiful stained glass depictions of the history of human flight fill this surprising chapel.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.
New York, New York
Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.
Providence, Rhode Island
An architectural statement of artistic intent smack in the middle of Providence, Rhode Island's Colonial uniformity.
Orlando, Florida
Human skulls and a stuffed goat made into a rocking chair can be found at this strange little store.
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
A bedazzled house and crown "jewel" of outsider artist Loy Allen Bowlin.
Goldfield, Nevada
Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.
Chicago, Illinois
The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.
Corolla, North Carolina
Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.
Topeka, Kansas
These elevated trucks were put in place as a middle finger to The Man, but are now considered folk art.
Wiscasset, Maine
An 18th-century home taken over by antique automatons and musical machines (Closed).
Salem, Massachusetts
Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."
Rochester, New York
The home, museum, and death site of Kodak's influential founder.