Port Costa, California
The Warehouse Cafe
Where the polar bear watches over everything, and every drink is a double.
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Port Costa, California
Where the polar bear watches over everything, and every drink is a double.
Dixon, California
This corn maze so big you may want to pack a lunch, and possibly a flaregun.
Winters, California
This graffiti-covered bridge is the quintessential vision of a place for disillusioned youth to escape the complexities of burgeoning adulthood.
Sacramento, California
This 19th century train workshop is a treasure trove of railroad history.
Rough and Ready, California
The first U.S. town to secede from the Union, only to vote themselves right back in.
Grass Valley, California
A fine mixture of the old and the new topped with an art deco neon spire.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.
Canyon, Texas
The Grand Canyon of Texas.
Rapid City, South Dakota
Every president in history is immortalized in bronze in downtown Rapid City.
Center, Colorado
One woman's UFO-themed campground, complete with self-built energy vortexes, UFO-themed weddings, and magic bushes.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.
Willow Creek, California
This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.
Redding, California
This ultra-modern California span is actually a titanic solar clock in disguise built by famed architect Santiago Calatrava.
Jemez Springs, New Mexico
A unique geological area spiked with wind-carved rocks that resemble teepees.
Concord, Massachusetts
This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
A burnt-out motel with priceless Native American artwork in the basement, redeveloped into apartments.
Boston, Massachusetts
One of the indelible moments of the American Revolution took place at this location.
California City, California
The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.
Tehachapi, California
Thousands of turbines whir at the origin of North American wind power.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
A giant, Gilded Age mansion that once belonged to the beer baron of Milwaukee.
Paxton, Nebraska
What do a giraffe, an elephant, and reasonably priced steaks have in common? This roadside restaurant filled with exotic taxidermy.
Rapid City, South Dakota
One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.
Mitchell, South Dakota
A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.
Wall, South Dakota
The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.