La Cañada Flintridge, California
Devil's Gate
An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.
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La Cañada Flintridge, California
An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.
Blue Mounds, Wisconsin
This cave holds a surprisingly colorful variety of geological oddities.
Cherry Log, Georgia
An impressive collection is dedicated to the legendary beast.
Chicago, Illinois
This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.
Austin, Texas
This eclectic Austin curiosity shop is home to all things strange and unusual.
Cave Junction, Oregon
Treehouse motel and treehouse-building school.
Terlingua, Texas
An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.
Washington, D.C.
A hidden gem on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.
Richmond, Virginia
This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
These curious caverns have been home to mushrooms, gangsters, and disco.
Inyo County, California
The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.
Bridgeport, California
Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.
Somerville, Massachusetts
This former Masonic hall has been turned into an art project that uses even more metaphysical iconography.
Silverado, California
The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.
Forks, Washington
A surreal landscape where fanged rocks rise from the ground and the ocean feels like a great mystery.
Waterbury, Vermont
The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.
Ingram, Texas
A recreated Stonehenge stands in a country field, complete with Easter Island moai heads standing as sentries.
San Simeon, California
The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.
Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.
Waco, Texas
Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.
Lakewood, Colorado
Rather than a run-of-the-mill franchise hotel, this lodging has been decked out in dinosaur decor.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.
Detroit, Michigan
Once a bastion of its community, this gothic cathedral now stands as a haunting ruin.
New Mexico
Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.