Colorado Springs, Colorado
Garden of the Gods
Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.
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Colorado Springs, Colorado
Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.
Holbrook, Arizona
See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.
St. Louis, Missouri
Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.
New Orleans, Louisiana
In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.
Baker, Nevada
The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.
Cullowhee, North Carolina
Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.
Alamosa, Colorado
When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.
Lumpkin, Georgia
Bad farming practices caused this unnatural natural wonder.
New Orleans, Louisiana
If New Orleans is the birthplace of the "cocktail," why does their own museum of cocktail memorabilia beg to differ?
San Francisco, California
Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.
Madison, Wisconsin
The arboretum whose marshy soil sucked up the dreams of housing developers.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Once a speakeasy operated by Al Capone, this Milwaukee cigar bar is now a haven for ghost hunters.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
A house and yard adorned with bizarre concrete sculptures in a Milwaukee suburb.
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
One of Frank Lloyd Wright's final works was this UFO church.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
A giant, Gilded Age mansion that once belonged to the beer baron of Milwaukee.
Hayward, Wisconsin
Gambling, boozing, and yodeling animals cover the walls of this dive bar cum natural history museum.
Ogema, Wisconsin
The highest point in Wisconsin is capped by two towers that are not as mythic as Tolkien's but provide much better views.
Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin
A restaurant and lodge in northern Wisconsin which served as a clandestine hideout for John Dillinger and featured one of the most famous botched FBI raids in history.
Hayward, Wisconsin
143 feet of leaping muskie whose mouth can be used as a wedding venue.
Madison, Wisconsin
This forgotten beach house built to look like a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece overlooks a hidden beach.
Chiang Mai, Thailand
This extensive collection of dead bugs may be the world's most idiosyncratic and personal insect museum.