North Tonawanda, New York
Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum
A preserved factory in the "Home of the Carrousel" is now a museum dedicated to the classic wooden ride.
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North Tonawanda, New York
A preserved factory in the "Home of the Carrousel" is now a museum dedicated to the classic wooden ride.
Dallas, Texas
This collection of bronze hands comes from astronauts, presidents, baseball greats, and more.
Gilmanton, New Hampshire
Birthplace of America's first documented serial killer.
Livermore, California
The longest burning light bulb in the world.
Empire, Nevada
The Wonder Road aka Doobie Lane, a mile-long strip of dirt road filled with folk art.
Clear Lake, Iowa
A giant pair of thick black glasses mark the tragic demise of a trio of rock and roll legends.
St. Louis, Missouri
What was once a presidential estate is now an exotic menagerie and home to the Budweiser Clydesdales.
Portland, Oregon
The home of the world's first and last remaining "wooly ant."
Marfa, Texas
Museum mostly in name, and only a restaurant depending on the day, this place could only exist in Marfa.
Staten Island, New York
A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.
Davidson, North Carolina
The first statue of Christ sleeping on a bench in the United States confused its affluent parish.
Hot Springs, South Dakota
This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.
Southern Pines, North Carolina
A curious blend of taxidermy, antique tools, creationism, and a purported antediluvian rock.
Council Bluffs, Iowa
The world's only three-story rotary jail is now a museum to a bizarre trend in prison design.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.
Essex, Illinois
Moving, mind-blowing metal sculpture work of an outsider artist.
South Hadley, Massachusetts
One philanthropist's extensive collection of knick-knacks and curiosities is now a public museum of oddity.
Red Feather Lakes, Colorado
A collection of fading fantasy tchotchkes lines this dirt road in the Colorado wilderness.
Newport, Rhode Island
This Rhode Island mansion was a stand-in for the exteriors of Collinwood in the original "Dark Shadows" series.
Dearborn, Michigan
A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.
Kingman, Arizona
Don't blink or you'll miss it.
Winslow, Arizona
This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.
Elmira, New York
The wooden octagon in which Huckleberry Finn and A Connecticut Yankee were born can still be visited in upstate New York.
Silver Spring, Maryland
The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.