Fort Collins, Colorado
The Lyric
This dynamic entertainment venue brings a much-needed funkiness to the region with its bizarre art, eclectic films screenings, and peculiar performance pieces.
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Fort Collins, Colorado
This dynamic entertainment venue brings a much-needed funkiness to the region with its bizarre art, eclectic films screenings, and peculiar performance pieces.
New York, New York
Behind a grungy bodega facade, a Poblano family serves rich, home-cooked meals.
Loveland, Colorado
A surprising collection of bronze faces beneath a bridge in Loveland.
Rye, Colorado
The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.
Des Moines, New Mexico
This volcano rises like a giant anthill from the plains below, with a road spiraling up to the rim.
Granite, Oklahoma
Dad jokes and wordplay abound in this comic fake cemetery.
Lawton, Oklahoma
A peculiar forest that was handcrafted for government experiments.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
An old spiral fire escape dangles above a public courtyard in Midtown Oklahoma City.
Arcadia, Oklahoma
Along the historic Mother Road is an old gas station with a secret counterfeiting past.
Arcadia, Oklahoma
The future of roadside attractions is this sci-fi soda mecca that is home to a 66-foot tall neon pop bottle.
Kenton, Oklahoma
The highest point in Oklahoma used to be a lawless outlaw's paradise.
Shattuck, Oklahoma
Over 50 historic windmills whir away at this outdoor museum.
Lawton, Oklahoma
American bison herd descending directly from a Bronx Zoo breeding program that saved the species from extinction.
Chicago, Illinois
This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.
Los Angeles, California
The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.
Santa Monica, California
An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.
Winona, Kansas
Once an ancient sea, this landscape of rocky ravines is filled with the fossils of ancient marine life.
Wichita, Kansas
The first "Hut" was actually a small brick building.
Hutchinson, Kansas
The world’s largest combined collection of U.S. and Russian aircraft got its start in a poultry building.
Hutchinson, Kansas
Home to Hollywood history and a very special salt crystal.
Quinter, Kansas
These otherworldly limestone formations jut out from the Kansas prairie.
Ransom, Kansas
This 100-foot tall bluff located in the western plains of Kansas overlooks a massive reservoir.
New York, New York
The notorious headquarters of a corrupt political machine.
Oregon City, Oregon
The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.