Los Angeles, California
Watts Towers
America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.
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Los Angeles, California
America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.
Estes Park, Colorado
Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.
Seattle, Washington
A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.
Los Angeles, California
High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.
Calhan, Colorado
Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.
Yachats, Oregon
On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.
Los Angeles, California
This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.
Wheat Ridge, Colorado
A seven-story 1920s mausoleum outside Denver houses thousands of remains.
Morrison, Colorado
This massive home was constructed by one of the greatest conservationists in Colorado history.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
There are eight natural springs around town, each with a slightly different taste.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
These faux-cliff dwellings allow visitors to climb around on a replica archaeological site.
Denver, Colorado
The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.
St. Augustine, Florida
St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.
New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Despite being made of a seashell mortar, the crumbling remains of this historic Florida mill are still standing.
Charleston, South Carolina
Tour the oldest unrestored plantation house in America that is open to the public.
Cameron, North Carolina
The antique barns in Cameron are not painted with your grandfather's Mail Pouch Tobacco murals.
Murdo, South Dakota
The deserted railroad town had a last gasp as a ghost town attraction before being abandoned for good.
Chamberlain, South Dakota
A striking sculpture built to honor the women of the Lakota and Dakota Nations.
Dodgeville, Wisconsin
One of the last surviving C-97s sits in a field in front of a Wisconsin inn.
Sparta, Wisconsin
These molds for fiberglass statues have formed an eerie, accidental sculpture park.
Two Harbors, Minnesota
This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.
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.