Mecca, California
Salton Sea
The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.
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Mecca, California
The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.
Macon, Georgia
At Macon’s oldest cemetery two members of Allman Brothers are buried side by side.
Warm Springs, Georgia
FDR hoped to find a cure for polio in this Georgia town's warm springs.
Macon, Georgia
The house that Southern rock built now stands as a monument to one of the genre's favorite families.
Summerville, Georgia
This "Plant Farm Museum" is home to the divinely inspired and visionary outsider artwork of Reverend Howard Finster.
Atlanta, Georgia
This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.
Atlanta, Georgia
Tour the sci-fi-esque reality of governmental disease management.
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
This century-old roadside attraction is full of bizarre rock formations.
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
The Ozarks' strangest dwelling.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.
Cabazon, California
The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.
Pioneertown, California
A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.
Calipatria, California
A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.
Los Angeles, California
A wild west scene starring life-sized wooden statues hides in the trees behind Pierce College.
Los Angeles, California
Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.
Los Angeles, California
A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.
Los Angeles, California
One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.
Los Angeles, California
Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."
Los Angeles, California
America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.
Chauvin, Louisiana
Religion and personal struggle gave birth to this collection of concrete angels.
Ireland
Mortarless walls that stretch for miles are a lovely solution for creating grazing land in the harsh terrain of the Aran Islands.
Dublin, Ireland
This courtly monument celebrates an influential comedian who turned taking the piss out of the powers-that-be into an art.
Dublin, Ireland
The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.