Aristes, Pennsylvania
Centralia
A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.
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Aristes, Pennsylvania
A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.
Northfield, Massachusetts
The largest battery in New England sits atop a Massachusetts mountain.
Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts
An old trolley bridge was converted into a breathtaking garden bursting with colorful flowers.
Greenfield, Massachusetts
This tall Massachusetts folly got its name thanks to all of the purple prose its vistas inspired.
Montague, Massachusetts
Books you don’t need in a place you can’t find.
Sunderland, Massachusetts
This giant Massachusetts sycamore is said to hold the dubious distinction of being the "widest tree East of the Mississippi!"
Sutton, West Virginia
In 1952, a strange encounter in the woods of West Virginia led to the legend of a 10-foot-tall monster with glowing eyes and a distinctive style.
Cooperstown, New York
A gigantic 10-foot tall stone man.
Wallace, Idaho
After this former brothel closed, its interior remained almost frozen in time.
Wallace, Idaho
The mayor made the declaration in 2004.
Benson, Arizona
What is the Thing?
Floydada, Texas
An old abandoned pharmacy building in Texas is brimming with collectibles and images of the little tuxedoed pooch.
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
This Wild West attraction is alive with glitching automatons.
Darwin, Minnesota
17,400 lbs., 12 feet in diameter, and 29 years in the making.
Walcott, Iowa
The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.
Lake Nebagamon, Wisconsin
Tirelessly maintained by a Wisconsin man named JFK.
Spring Green, Wisconsin
A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.
Cullowhee, North Carolina
Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.
Cherokee, North Carolina
Step back in time on this preserved 1800s farm.
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Over 20,000 sets of spice shakers reveal the surprisingly telling history of our most basic spices.
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.
Knoxville, Tennessee
Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.
Beaufort, South Carolina
This museum gives tribute to the underappreciated "Down-South Submarine."
Bowman, South Carolina
This set of rickety spaceships are prepared to give alien travelers a place to relax and go to the bathroom.