Los Angeles, California
Idle Hour
The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.
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Los Angeles, California
The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.
New York, New York
An unassuming secret door once led to a legendary watering hole.
Williams, Arizona
An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.
Sloan, Nevada
Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.
Los Angeles, California
This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.
Lake Wales, Florida
A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.
Safety Harbor, Florida
This home is decked out like a psychedelic explosion of colors and bowling balls.
Astoria, Oregon
The lush coastal city of Astoria is riddled with forgotten secret sidewalks.
Boston, Massachusetts
The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.
New Orleans, Louisiana
In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.
Richmond, Virginia
This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.
Union, Connecticut
This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.
Neskowin, Oregon
The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.
Sisters, Oregon
This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.
Bangor, Maine
The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.
New York, New York
The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.
Groom Lake, Nevada
In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.
New York, New York
A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.
New York, New York
Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.
Los Angeles, California
One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.
Mitchell, Oregon
Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.
Weeki Wachee, Florida
Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.
Brooklyn, New York
Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.