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Wetumpka, Alabama

Jasmine Hill Gardens & Outdoor Museum

This botanical garden has been nicknamed "Alabama's Little Corner of Greece."

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Huntsville, Alabama

K’REX

This 12-foot-tall T-rex is the largest K’Nex skeleton sculpture in the world.

Added by Robert Rose

Wetumpka, Alabama

Wetumpka Impact Crater

One of almost 200 confirmed impact craters in the entire world, untouched for tens of millions of years.

Birmingham, Alabama

Quinlan Castle

A castle-inspired apartment building that has stood in Birmingham since 1927.

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Opelika, Alabama

Melanin Cafe

At this coffee shop, each drink celebrates African-American history and luminaries.

Added by Omnia Saed

Miller Comb Museum

The largest collection of ornamental hair combs on the planet.

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Mendenhall Ice Caves

Breathtakingly blue walls shimmer inside the "Glacier Behind the Town."

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Casa Grande, Arizona

The Domes

An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.

Added by chlico

Winslow, Arizona

Rock Art Ranch

A working cattle ranch with remarkably well-preserved prehistoric petroglyphs and ancient ruins.

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Golden Valley, Arizona

Santa Claus, Arizona

A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.

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Cornville, Arizona

Eliphante

Outsider Art Community.

Added by mbison

Tucson, Arizona

309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group

The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.

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Added by littlebrumble

Joseph City, Arizona

Ella's Frontier Trading Post

Along the old Route 66 is an abandoned trading post made from old telephone poles, built by a former circus clown.

Eirik Gumeny

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Fort Courage

This abandoned bootleg attraction was built to cash in on the popularity of classic TV show, F Troop.

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Valle Planes of Fame Air Museum

An incredible airplane graveyard sits outside this small museum dedicated to preserving aviation history.

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Added by Keren Lynn

Goodyear, Arizona

Phoenix Trotting Park

This abandoned horse racing track was an exercise in hubris from its inception.

Added by reneelounsbury

Tombstone, Arizona

White Raven Trading Co. & The Museum of the Strange

This curiosity shop contains a museum filled with bizarre, unique objects.

Added by gcriglow

Black Canyon City, Arizona

I-17 Mystery Christmas Tree

Every year, festive decorations appear on this juniper tree located in the median strip of a busy highway.

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Marble Falls Township, Arkansas

Dogpatch USA

A hillbilly theme park that proved so unpopular the land wouldn't even sell on eBay after it closed.

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Hot Springs, Arkansas

Maxwell Blade’s Odditorium and Curiosities Museum

An ever-growing collection of rare and strange objects owned by local Arkansas illusionist Maxwell Blade.

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West Fork, Arkansas

Wattle Hollow Retreat

A peaceful place in the woods where everything is a work in progress.

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Formosa, Arkansas

'Pezhephen's True Home'

At a site that has witnessed many significant events, according to the fictional Kcymaerxthaere, it is best known as the place of lunar discovery.

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Los Angeles, California

Underground Tunnels of Los Angeles

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

Rachel

Added by Rachel

Los Angeles, California

Clifton's Cafeteria

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

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San Francisco, California

Labyrinth at Land’s End

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

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Los Angeles, California

California Institute of Abnormalarts (CIA)

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

Added by Jeshii

Los Angeles, California

Necromance

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

San Francisco, California

Loved to Death

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

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Yucca Valley, California

Bob's Crystal Cave

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

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Added by AaronNetsky

San Francisco, California

Crown & Crumpet

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into... we can't find the words.

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Los Angeles, California

Café Jack

A "Titanic" superfan changed his name to Jack and set up this strange shrine to the blockbuster, complete with Korean food and Tarot readings.

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Added by jbartlett2000

Fremont, California

The Secret Sidewalk

The old Niles Canyon Aqueduct in the San Francisco Bay Area is a bemusing and secret trail through nature for wayward travelers.

Los Angeles, California

Cactus Store

The neighborhood shop is a sort of tiny cactus museum full of exotic specimens you can take home.

Laramie

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Los Angeles, California

The Silent Movie Theater

The last of its kind in the country.

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Los Angeles, California

Skeletons in the Closet

Gift shop offering toe tags and chalk body beach towels tucked into a coroner's office.

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Altadena, California

The Bunny Museum

"The Hoppiest Place in the World" holds the world’s largest collection of bunny memorabilia and is a singular testament of a couple's devotion to all things Leporidae.

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Berkeley, California

Fairy Post Office

Travelers exchange letters with woodland creatures at this mini post office.

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Los Angeles, California

Chandelier Tree

Dozens of lights dangle from the branches of what may be the brightest tree in Los Angeles.

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San Francisco, California

Defenestration

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

Banning, California

The Museum of Pinball

The biggest pinball arcade in the world has over 600 pinball machines, and 300 arcade machines.

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Rosamond, California

The Cat House

Exotic feline breeding compound and conservation center.

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Cambria, California

Nitt Witt Ridge

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

Added by mbison

Los Angeles, California

Dearly Departed Museum

A macabre tour of Hollywood’s deadly history.

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Added by jbartlett2000

Los Angeles, California

Cakeland.LA

A cake-themed art installation tucked away in historic Chinatown.

Added by alebrun

Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles' Museum of Broken Relationships

Where the leftovers of love affairs can live on forever.

Molly McBride Jacobson

Added by Molly McBride Jacobson

Litchfield, California

Secret - Abandoned Brothel

Secret Manor, a house full of legends, the least of which is the haunting of long-deceased ladies of pleasure.

Rachel

Added by Rachel

San Diego, California

Lemon Grove Mummies

Lemon Grove, California is known for its giant lemon...and mummified bodies.

Added by zackofalltrades

Los Angeles, California

Velveteria

The art and history of the velvet painting are on full display in this Los Angeles museum.

littlebrumble

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