Athens, Ohio
Athens Lunatic Asylum
An abandoned asylum incorporated into a college campus.
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Athens, Ohio
An abandoned asylum incorporated into a college campus.
Mount Horeb, Wisconsin
A bypass decorated with large wooden troll carvings.
Mackinac County, Michigan
The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.
Mackinac Island, Michigan
Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.
Key West, Florida
"We Seceded Where Others Failed."
Amboy, California
The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.
Santa Monica, California
A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.
Key West, Florida
A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.
Holbrook, Arizona
A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.
New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.
Amarillo, Texas
A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.
New York, New York
A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.
New York, New York
This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
Catoosa, Oklahoma
Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.
Luray, Virginia
An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.
Niagara Falls, Ontario
This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.
Dearborn, Michigan
A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.
Frankenmuth, Michigan
World's largest Christmas store.
Chicago, Illinois
A Museum of Holography frozen in 1974.