Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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A tiny, unmarked beer and whiskey bar above an Ethiopian restaurant in West Philly fails to conceal live bluegrass.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A tiny, unmarked beer and whiskey bar above an Ethiopian restaurant in West Philly fails to conceal live bluegrass.
Bakersfield, California
An antique store houses the last operational diner from the defunct department store chain.
Rosemount, Minnesota
The remains of a World War II munitions factory still haunt the fields of this Twin Cities suburb.
Marfa, Texas
Minimalist modern art on a repurposed military base in rural Texas.
Detroit, Michigan
This feline raises a friendly paw at drivers barreling toward the freeway.
Topeka, Kansas
A rainbow-colored house promotes LGBTQ rights across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church.
Arcadia, Oklahoma
Along the historic Mother Road is an old gas station with a secret counterfeiting past.
Petersburg, Kentucky
A 70,000-square-foot institution dedicated to a very literal, creationist perspective on the Book of Genesis.
Queens, New York
Holding the most bodies of any cemetery in the United States.
Albany, California
An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."
Shingleton, Michigan
This lone tree and dramatic sandstone outcropping are so beloved by Michiganders they can be found on one of the state’s coins.
Brooklyn, New York
A curious friendship between two inanimate ladies.
Karnack, Texas
Foragers once flocked to this big beautiful bayou to hunt for pearls.
Abiquiu, New Mexico
Its history includes dinosaur fossils, cattle rustlers, Georgia O'Keeffe, and a mythical giant rattlesnake named Vivaron.
Dansville, New York
Home on the Hillside, and home of the first breakfast cereal.
Kansas City, Missouri
An abandoned concrete jungle surrounded by a lush park.
Berkeley, California
A private home built to resemble the shape of a microscopic creature.
Garfield, Washington
A nearly abandoned 19th-century town on the Palouse.
Griswold, Connecticut
The graves of a Connecticut family thought to have been plagued by a vampire.
North Adams, Massachusetts
Resonating tubes make music from highway overpass.
Arlington, Virginia
At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.
Boston, Massachusetts
From bench to vandalism to art, this silly prank seat was funny enough to become permanent.
San Quentin, California
This infamous prison has a store where you can buy goods crafted by incarcerated people.
Edgartown, Massachusetts
The filming location of a shark attack in Steven Spielberg’s famous shark movie.