Golden Valley, Arizona
Fish Bowl Spring/ Shaffer Springs
A secret fresh water spring for animals and humans alike hidden along the most famous road in the United States.
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Golden Valley, Arizona
A secret fresh water spring for animals and humans alike hidden along the most famous road in the United States.
Pioneertown, California
A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.
Pacific Grove, California
Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."
Wapakoneta, Ohio
A gregarious Ohio resident has been building his whimsical temple to peace for decades.
Washington, D.C.
Home to a vast and influential collection of Shakespeareana.
Owosso, Michigan
The writing studio of an American adventure author, built in the style of a medieval castle.
Chicago, Illinois
The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.
Redmond, Oregon
Bridges, terraces, and replicas of historic structures all built of rock and petrified wood by one man.
Inyo County, California
"Only the devil could play golf here."
Alpine, New Jersey
Along the Palisades skyline are the ruins of a large mansion built in 1911 and demolished in the 1930s.
Garretson, South Dakota
The ravine where Jesse James supposedly performed an impossible jump to evade capture.
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.
Lindsborg, Kansas
Marking the spot where a conquistador gave up his search for the fabled Seven Cities of Gold.
Goshen, Massachusetts
A stunning garden filled with fantastical environmental folk art and sculptures.
Fremont, California
Neither Spanish settlers nor anyone since has been able to tell who built these strange California rock walls.
Los Angeles, California
What began with a single, 357-pound chunk of the Canyon Diablo meteorite grew to be an impressive collection.
Washington, D.C.
Government testing at the asylum briefly explored using marijuana as a "truth serum" on Nazi prisoners of war.
Dufur, Oregon
The short-lived railroad town in central Oregon has been abandoned since the 1930s.
San Diego, California
L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.
Detroit, Michigan
A Beaux-Arts triumph rises from decades of decay to become the heart of a new innovation district.
Tonopah, Nevada
There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.
Madeira Beach, Florida
Visitors flock to see this church tower's unintended feature: It happens to resemble a giant chicken from multiple points of view.
Houston, Texas
Beer lover's can-covered house.
New York, New York
America's oldest Eastern European synagogue provided the immigrants of crowded Lower East Side tenements a space of sanctuary.