Los Angeles, California
Janis Joplin’s Hotel Room
The hotel room where Janis Joplin tragically died has now become a makeshift shrine to the singer.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Los Angeles, California
The hotel room where Janis Joplin tragically died has now become a makeshift shrine to the singer.
Benson, Arizona
What is the Thing?
Chicago, Illinois
Former meatpacking facility turned vertical farm and sustainable business complex.
Buena Vista, Georgia
This folk art compound was built by a fortune teller on the advice of three people from the future.
Escalante, Utah
Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.
Oakley, Kansas
One of the Eight Wonders of Kansas and the first official National Natural Monument these stark formations look like nature's Stonehenge.
District of Columbia
The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.
Silver City, Georgia
The remains of one of America's first radiation testing grounds still rest ominously in a Georgia forest.
Chicago, Illinois
The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.
Flourtown, Pennsylvania
This hidden gem of a garden has one of the only surviving Victorian ferneries in America.
Richmond, Virginia
The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.
Talkeetna, Alaska
This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.
Reading, Pennsylvania
A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.
Seattle, Washington
Spanning an elevation of 160 feet and containing 388 steps, this is Seattle's longest staircase.
Washington, D.C.
People escaping slavery may have hidden inside a corpse vault.
Washington, Wisconsin
Vikings and Evangelicals have both had a hand in this replica medieval church.
Springfield, Massachusetts
Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.
Columbus Junction, Iowa
A warning to the weak-kneed: This narrow bridge does its swinging eight stories high.
Portland, Oregon
The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.
Houston, Texas
A private collection of massive steel monsters guarding a Texas pipe works.
Millinocket, Maine
The highest point in Maine is a grand gift to the state citizens that also happens to be one end of the Appalachian Trail.
Phoenix, Arizona
Thousands of Mexican Free-Tailed Bats soar around an abandoned storm drain at sunset each summer.