Napa, California
The Cayetano Juárez Adobe
Napa's oldest building is now a Mexican restaurant.
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Napa, California
Napa's oldest building is now a Mexican restaurant.
St. Helena, California
This California museum is home to one of the largest collections related to the 'Treasure Island' author.
Calistoga, California
California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.
Washington, D.C.
The story behind this beloved toy—named for Theodore Roosevelt and owned by his grandson—is more complicated than you might guess.
Washington, D.C.
There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.
Somerset, Pennsylvania
In the parking lot of a fast food restaurant, a statue memorializing a prolific bull elephant.
Santa Rosa, California
340 bicycles, 65 feet high.
Calistoga, California
This historic California cemetery holds the bodies of veterans of both the Civil War and the Donner Party.
Calistoga, California
A sculpture dedicated to Napa Valley's oldest mineral water company.
Calistoga, California
A veteran Disney animator turned his gift for storytelling to a museum devoted to his love of a California city.
Calistoga, California
The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.
Calistoga, California
California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.
Bodega Bay, California
A poignant memorial to a young boy whose death spurred a dramatic increase in organ donations in Italy—dubbed the "Nicholas Effect."
San Francisco, California
A monumental cross hides in the trees in Golden Gate Park.
Everett, Pennsylvania
A 20-foot-tall quarter commemorates George Washington’s ties to Bedford County.
DeFuniak Springs, Florida
The highest point in Florida is still the lowest high point in the country.
Vineland, New Jersey
This Great Depression-era creation was once known as the strangest house in the world.
Everett, Pennsylvania
Built in the 1970s, this curious modular home found new life as a sundae-shaped ice cream stand.
Bedford, Pennsylvania
This titanic java kettle is one of the many kitschy landmarks located along America's OTHER famous highway.
Bedford, Pennsylvania
A dozen U.S. presidents have stayed at the historic resort, which was known as James Buchanan’s “Summer White House” from 1857-1861.
Rio Grande, New Jersey
Come for the Italian food, stay for the taxidermy and giant statues.
Newfield, New Jersey
Thousands of Matchbox cars spanning generations call this New Jersey barn home.
Yorklyn, Pennsylvania
An outlandish shoe shaped house built by an eccentric millionaire.
Cape May, New Jersey
The rusting remains are visible sticking out of the waters of the Delaware Bay.