Boston, Massachusetts
First Spiritualist Temple
America's original house of worship for Spiritualism, the religious movement based on communing with the dead.
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Boston, Massachusetts
America's original house of worship for Spiritualism, the religious movement based on communing with the dead.
San Francisco, California
An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.
Washington, D.C.
When it opened during the final years of the embargo, all the drinks and cigars were free.
California
The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.
Seale, Alabama
A former taxidermist has turned his old shop into a folk art mecca.
Yellville, Arkansas
The final remnant of the Arkansas zinc industry is this historically protected ghost town.
Denver, Colorado
A downtown park built on top of unclaimed graves.
Mack, Colorado
This interpretive path lets you get up close and personal with dinosaur bones.
Decatur, Georgia
An unusual art exhibition in a suburban yard is designed to awaken the souls of those flowing by.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
In the early 1800s, surgery was also a show.
Lee, Massachusetts
Stay at this storybook estate, featuring Sir Henry Hudson Kitson's masterpiece "Gingerbread House."
Kanab, Utah
This ancient cave is home to a museum, bar, and is filled with fluorescent minerals.
Shepherdsville, Kentucky
Visitors to this arboretum are greeted by three smiling giants crafted from sustainable materials.
Prospect Hill, North Carolina
A retired tobacco farmer's pet project turned into a sturdy miniature city.
Columbia, Missouri
Curious cave that stays a cool 56 degrees all year long.
Bristol, Rhode Island
The exact whereabouts of this surreal cabinet of curiosities are rarely the same place twice.
Old Station, California
Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.
Wheeling, West Virginia
This abandoned dream castle and its cemetery look out over the city that once inspired their creation.
Antonito, Colorado
Gleaming self-built castle towers made from beer cans and inspired by "Vitamin Mary Jane."
Cincinnati, Ohio
This magnificent Cincinnati graveyard is also a popular public park.
Sandia Park, New Mexico
"I did this all while you were watching TV."
Topanga, California
An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.
Sullivan, Missouri
400 million-year old limestone caverns nestled in the Ozarks served as shelter and a hideout for cultures throughout North American history.
Winter Park, Colorado
These decaying bridges 1,000 feet high are a reminder of the skill it took to cross the Colorado Rockies by rail.