Cave City, Kentucky
Wigwam Village #2
One of the few surviving "Wigwam"-themed motels.
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Cave City, Kentucky
One of the few surviving "Wigwam"-themed motels.
Wall, South Dakota
The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.
Freeport, Maine
This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.
New York, New York
A Manhattan courthouse hides a small but scathing memorial to Holocaust injustice.
Chicago, Illinois
Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.
Danvers, Massachusetts
Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.
Memphis, Tennessee
Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.
Sparta, Wisconsin
These molds for fiberglass statues have formed an eerie, accidental sculpture park.
Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.
Blue Mounds, Wisconsin
This cave holds a surprisingly colorful variety of geological oddities.
Fayetteville, West Virginia
One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Robots, lasers, and whoopee cushions, oh my!
Austin, Texas
A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.
Sumpter, Wisconsin
"World's largest scrap metal sculpture" stands in an outdoor sculpture garden in the middle of Wisconsin.
Memphis, Tennessee
The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.
New York, New York
This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.
Salem, Massachusetts
The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.
New York, New York
The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.
San Simeon, California
The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.
Wilmette, Illinois
The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.
Brooklyn, New York
First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.
Custer, South Dakota
The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.