Sarasota, Florida
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
A circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.
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Sarasota, Florida
A circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.
New York, New York
The only home that Alexander Hamilton ever owned has a history almost as troubled as his own.
Green River, Wyoming
This UFO landing strip was created by a charitable Wyoming city that was worried about residents of Jupiter.
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Trade in that pesky human soul for cold-hard circuits.
Odessa, Texas
A collection of massive stacked rocks in Texas includes a snarky note on the benefits of modern technology.
Centerport, New York
An eccentric playboy's astounding natural history collection.
Montevallo, Alabama
Orr Park's dead trees have been carved into a menagerie of whimsical visages.
Indianapolis, Indiana
A modern-day wunderkammer dedicated to Indianapolis history, Afrofuturism, and musical vibrations.
Solvang, California
Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.
Salt Lake City, Utah
Pyramid home to an obscure religious group that practices modern mummification.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.
Portland, Oregon
This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.
Baltimore, Maryland
This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.
Le Roy, New York
The birthplace of America's favorite fruit-flavored mystery dessert.
Bellaire, Ohio
There are more than 4 million bricks inside this unofficial Lego museum in a former middle school.
Baraboo, Wisconsin
A large circus museum with summer performances.
Alamo, California
Cows on a ranch are commonplace, scattered cow bones everywhere? Not so much.
New York, New York
A staggering collection of photographs depicting medical, social, and historical change.
Baltimore, Maryland
A blank headstone topped with a pile of pennies marks the final resting place of the infamous assassin.
Corning, New York
Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.
Marshfield, Wisconsin
"Iron Age" creatures fill this huckster's rusted metal sculpture garden.
New Harmony, Indiana
This open air cathedral invites all faiths to worship under the only roof big enough to fit them all: the sky.
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Over 20,000 sets of spice shakers reveal the surprisingly telling history of our most basic spices.
Portland, Oregon
These machines have been collecting dust for decades.