Baltimore, Maryland
Graffiti Alley
A hidden alley in urban Baltimore is a haven for graffiti artists.
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Baltimore, Maryland
A hidden alley in urban Baltimore is a haven for graffiti artists.
Burlington, Vermont
This 38-drawer structure claims the superlative title, but it isn't the world's only giant filing cabinet.
Orrtanna, Pennsylvania
An almost life-sized elephant named Ms. Ellie greets visitors at this jumbo-themed museum.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
This Pennsylvania structure, the oldest building in Gettysburg, was once a stop on the Underground Railroad.
Cockeysville, Maryland
A swimming hole in the historic industrial quarry that supplied the marble for the Baltimore Washington Monument.
Hibbing, Minnesota
Where one of America's greatest songwriters lived before he was Bob Dylan.
Winnipeg, Manitoba
The intense competition of the 19th-century fur trading industry played out at this fort in Western Canada.
Winnipeg, Manitoba
The world’s first museum dedicated to exploring human rights unleashed a wave of controversy.
San Juan, Puerto Rico
This tiny home was originally a narrow alleyway.
Kelliher, Minnesota
A memorial to a larger-than-life legend, inside a county that also holds Bunyan's death certificate.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.
Duluth, Minnesota
This quirky roadside attraction provides insight into Minnesota's logging history.
Two Harbors, Minnesota
This institution celebrates the happy accidents of uncommon sticktoitiveness.
Minnesota
When waves crash onto this section of beach, the rocks sing a song.
Cloquet, Minnesota
The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.
Bemidji, Minnesota
This ambitious attraction was the brain child of a lake resort impresario, and built by the WPA.
Bemidji, Minnesota
These crudely shaped folk giants may be the the second most photographed statues in the U.S.
Spring Green, Wisconsin
A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.
Oslo, Norway
Thousands of miniature bronze sculptures have taken over this city square creating a unique art installation.
Cold Spring, Minnesota
After four years of grasshopper plagues, this chapel was erected as a plea to God to make them end.
Bena, Minnesota
An abandoned fish-shaped drive-in gets a second life as a restaurant.
Northome, Minnesota
A mapping error in the 19th century made loggers think this section of the forest was underwater.
Duluth, Minnesota
The watery grave of an impractical idea.
Kinney, Minnesota
This tiny Minnesota city tried to secede from the Union as a last-ditch effort to fix its crumbling water system.