Santa Fe, New Mexico
The Harrell House Bug Museum
Thousands of mounted insects, and some live ones, hide within an otherwise ordinary shopping mall.
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Santa Fe, New Mexico
Thousands of mounted insects, and some live ones, hide within an otherwise ordinary shopping mall.
Shattuck, Oklahoma
Over 50 historic windmills whir away at this outdoor museum.
Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
This little valley along Highway 1 is engulfed by thousands of lilies during the spring season.
Providence, Rhode Island
To avoid the demolition costs this abandoned drawbridge was simply left in the up position.
Ketchikan, Alaska
This historic collection of Native Alaskan artifacts was resurrected through a partnership between the WPA and tribal artisans.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Hundreds of protractors affixed to surfaces all over the city.
New Cumberland, West Virginia
This California artist's front yard acts as a gallery for his unique, scrap metal animal sculptures.
Beaufort, North Carolina
A maritime museum holding the remains of Blackbeard's pirate ship.
Rochester, New York
The home, museum, and death site of Kodak's influential founder.
Chester, Illinois
The hometown of Popeye's creator is littered with a growing collection of granite cartoon characters.
Jamestown, North Dakota
A true roadside icon standing on the same plains that the herds once roamed.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Once the most painted on object in the world, this short campus fence is well on its way to being so again.
Alton, Illinois
This life-size bronze statue remembers the tallest recorded human in his Illinois hometown.
Marblehead, Massachusetts
Ornate and macabre headstone in one of the country's oldest cemeteries.
Columbus, Ohio
This whimsical campus lawn is dotted with large sculpted numbers and hidden mathematical formulas.
Klamath, California
Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.
Whittier, Alaska
This WWII-era military installation once held an entire city within its walls - now, its walls are falling down.
Grand Saline, Texas
A small "palace" and museum made of, and devoted entirely, to salt.
New York, New York
A Gothic-style abode built to accommodate the church's three resident peacocks.
Trenton, Tennessee
The world's largest collection of porcelain "veilleuses-theiere," or night light teapots, includes four that belonged to Napoleon.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
This quirky museum has a collection of more than 15,000 bobblehead dolls.
Grand Rapids, Michigan
An angular maze of concrete in Grand Rapids acts both as public art and as a staircase for fish traveling upstream.
Deming, New Mexico
In the middle of a desert subdivision, there is supposedly an impact crater site from Kcymaerxthaereal times.
Harmony, Maine
Working wool mill used as the exterior for the mill in the 1990 horror film "Graveyard Shift."