Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Elkmont Historic District
An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
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Gatlinburg, Tennessee
An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Waterbury, Vermont
The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.
San Diego, California
Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.
Seattle, Washington
Where else would a linchpin of post-colonial Native American cuisine anchor the menu but a museum?
Delta, Utah
Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.
Memphis, Tennessee
Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.
Fairborn, Ohio
Inside this wonderland of weird, visitors are treated to a collection ranging from skeletons to haunted artifacts.
Detroit, Michigan
Abandoned concert venue legendary for its rock counterculture.
Phoenix, Arizona
Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.
Brooklyn, New York
Abandoned power station once home to a squatter community, now being developed into an arts center.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
A museum within a museum, devoted to history's most questionable medical devices.
Los Angeles, California
This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.
Woodstock, New York
A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.
St. Augustine, Florida
A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.
Las Vegas, Nevada
This institution collects the history of burlesque dancing with a titillating collection of ephemera and pasties.
Winslow, Arizona
A stealthy Apache hideaway that became the haunting site of a mass grave.
Savannah, Georgia
Hidden amid the old-world charm of Savannah is a museum dedicated to the world of oddities and criminal history.
Bellville, Texas
A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.
Aspen, Colorado
An architect in Aspen used psychedelics as his muse while building this mushroom masterpiece.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.
Baltimore, Maryland
The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.
Murfreesboro, Arkansas
The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.
Astoria, Oregon
The lush coastal city of Astoria is riddled with forgotten secret sidewalks.
Havre de Grace, Maryland
Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.