Portland, Oregon
The Witch’s Castle
These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.
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Portland, Oregon
These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
New York, New York
The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.
New York, New York
A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.
New York, New York
A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.
Marble Canyon, Arizona
Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.
San Francisco, California
An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.
New York, New York
La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.
San Francisco, California
A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.
San Francisco, California
A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.
New York, New York
The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?
Wahpeton, North Dakota
A 5,000-pound fiberglass channel catfish perches on the banks of the Red River, occasionally taking a swim when spring floodwaters rise.
Steele, North Dakota
The metal bird, nicknamed "Sandy," stands nearly 40 feet tall and is an homage to the birds that migrate through North Dakota every year.
Dunseith, North Dakota
A rim-made reptile in North Dakota.
Bottineau, North Dakota
The world's tallest turtle riding the world's largest snowmobile.
Regent, North Dakota
One man's quest to save his town with a trail of record-breaking sculptures.
Jamestown, North Dakota
A true roadside icon standing on the same plains that the herds once roamed.
New Salem, North Dakota
The world's largest Holstein cow.
Bryson City, North Carolina
This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.
Littleton, North Carolina
Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.
Sandia Park, New Mexico
"I did this all while you were watching TV."
Albuquerque, New Mexico
The fictional star of "Breaking Bad" is memorialized with a real-life gravestone in his hometown.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.