Inyo County, California
Scotty's Castle
An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.
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Inyo County, California
An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.
Amarillo, Texas
A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.
Holbrook, Arizona
See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.
San Francisco, California
Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.
Seattle, Washington
A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.
White Post, Virginia
Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.
Chicago, Illinois
A Museum of Holography frozen in 1974.
Duffield, Virginia
A 300-yard long natural tunnel runs through a ridge deep in the Appalachian Mountains.
Randsburg, California
This impressive tunnel was dug entirely by hand over the course of 36 years.
New Mexico
Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.
Park Ridge, Illinois
A science teacher's dream.
New York, New York
A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.
Washington, D.C.
Home to items never before seen by the public.
Phoenix, Arizona
A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.
Paris, France
High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.
Oracle, Arizona
A reproduction of earth's many biomes.
New York, New York
A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt.
St. Louis, Missouri
Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.
Peebles, Ohio
The largest earthwork effigy in the world.
Odda, Norway
Walk 2,300 feet above the ground on the "Troll's Tongue."
New York, New York
Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.
Seattle, Washington
A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.
Washington, D.C.
With over 100 jam-packed rooms to explore plus elaborate tea services and events, the Mansion on O Street is a hidden treasure.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.