Atchison, Kansas
Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum
The first home of the doomed aviator Amelia Earhart.
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Atchison, Kansas
The first home of the doomed aviator Amelia Earhart.
Wamego, Kansas
A wonderful collection of all things Oz is nestled in the heart of Kansas.
Topeka, Kansas
A rainbow-colored house promotes LGBTQ rights across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church.
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Board a mine car and descend the #190 slope 300 feet underground into the Clark Vein of coal.
Carnation, Washington
This medieval village/restaurant perpetually celebrates the year 1376.
Salem, Massachusetts
The headquarters in Salem doubles as an occult art gallery.
Weatherly, Pennsylvania
This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.
Baltimore, Maryland
The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.
Cleveland, Ohio
The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.
Roswell, New Mexico
This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.
Los Angeles, California
Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.
Lake Helen, Florida
Town of spiritualists and mediums in Florida.
El Prado, New Mexico
These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.
White Post, Virginia
Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.
Boston, Massachusetts
The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.
Astoria, Oregon
The lush coastal city of Astoria is riddled with forgotten secret sidewalks.
Truckee, California
The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.
Chipley, Florida
A giant 400-acre preserve in North Florida for displaced wolves.
Sloan, Nevada
Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.
Fall River, Massachusetts
Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.
Port Orchard, Washington
A little piece of the Shire is hidden behind a plant nursery in Port Orchard, Washington.
Sequoia National Park, California
Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).
Millbrook, Alabama
The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.
San Luis Obispo, California
A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.