Chicago, Illinois
Oz Park
This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.
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Chicago, Illinois
This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.
Chicago, Illinois
A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.
Chester, Illinois
The hometown of Popeye's creator is littered with a growing collection of granite cartoon characters.
Pinson, Tennessee
Over a dozen Native American earth mounds dating back over 2,000 years dot this Tennessee archaeological park.
Dyess, Arkansas
The Man In Black grew up in a large agrarian community established by the federal government in the Great Depression.
Earle, Arkansas
The scant remains of an expansive indigenous civilization can be seen at this Arkansas state park.
Memphis, Tennessee
This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.
Memphis, Tennessee
The bad-ass ride of a soul legend, housed in one of the world's few soul museums.
Memphis, Tennessee
A reclusive Memphis neighborhood is home to decades worth of misunderstood Masonic folk art.
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
This haunted hotel built on natural springs once served as a hospital for a quack doctor promising a cure for cancer.
Walnut Ridge, Arkansas
This small Arkansas town once had a close encounter with the Beatles, and are determined never to let anyone forget that. Ever.
Milford, Connecticut
This "thrice-cursed" island is allegedly home to Captain Kidd's lost treasure.
Monroe, Connecticut
A collection of haunted artifacts chronicles the career of the world’s most famous paranormal investigators. Museum is temporarily closed with plans to re-open.
Newport, Rhode Island
A crumbling stone stable and carriage house are all that remain of a manse that was once filled with Egyptian artifacts.
Orient, New York
Etchings in a pile of boulders on the Long Island Sound are a monument to vanquished native peoples.
Boston, Massachusetts
The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
An alley way dedicated to graffiti and street art is a constantly changing street gallery.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
This is the house that spite built.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
The thousands of shades on display — some toxic, others impossibly rare — are a library of more than just color.
Holyoke, Massachusetts
The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.
Boston, Massachusetts
Radical Bookstore and Community Space.
Amherst, Massachusetts
Founded by the famed children's book artist, this museum spreads an appreciation of the arts through picture books.
Concord, Massachusetts
"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."
Waltham, Massachusetts
A steampunk wonderland that preserves America's history of industrial innovation.