Ardmore, South Dakota
Ardmore Ghost Town
Abandoned businesses, homes, and rusted cars are all that remains of this stopover town.
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Ardmore, South Dakota
Abandoned businesses, homes, and rusted cars are all that remains of this stopover town.
Salt Lake City, Utah
This giant ice cream cone is the last remaining icon of a Salt Lake City staple.
Huntsville, Alabama
This 12-foot-tall T-rex is the largest K’Nex skeleton sculpture in the world.
Spokane, Washington
This playground sculpture of an icon from the past is dedicated to the children of the future.
Asbury Park, New Jersey
Marie told fortunes from her small stand on the Boardwalk for decades, including to a young Bruce Springsteen who would busk outside her booth.
Gaffney, South Carolina
The record holder for the world’s largest peach.
Annapolis, Maryland
Rediscovered after a century, the father of the American Navy was reinterred in something dredged up from Davy Jones’ locker.
Warren, New Hampshire
Maybe the only missile installed in a public park, this Cold War leftover was one of the first to carry a nuclear warhead.
Cibola County, New Mexico
In 1967, murder and mayhem disrupted the tranquility along this quiet stretch of Old Route 66.
Rochester, New York
The gravestone of the suffragist leader attracted extra visitors during the 2016 election.
Fruita, Colorado
It would be easy to walk past this unusual piece of art and have no idea it pays tribute to the odd life of a real chicken.
New York, New York
Church in Manhattan holds the bloody sock of Padre Pio, among with many other unusual relics.
Pawling, New York
The attic and basement house two museums stuffed with oddities like swallowed spoon handles and a shrunken head.
East Haddam, Connecticut
This picturesque Victorian ghost town was once a thriving mill community.
New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Mariners once used this prehistoric landfill as a navigational landmark.
East St. Louis, Illinois
Man-made geyser that rises to the exact height of the Gateway Arch.
Paradise, Texas
In Paradise Cemetery resides a mysterious headstone with a strange inscription.
Brackettville, Texas
Remembering the Alamo with a full-scale replica of the 1836 city.
Austin, Texas
Unusual house, in an unusual neighborhood, home to some very unusual peanuts.
Alpine, Texas
This is probably not the Target you're looking for.
Austin, Texas
An exquisite grouping of structures made from 10 tons of invasive saplings.
Katy, Texas
Scale replica of China's ancient terracotta tomb warriors and Forbidden City are the side project of an eccentric millionaire.
Bowie, Texas
A town pays homage to its namesake.
Port Aransas, Texas
The oldest functional consecrated church on Mustang Island.