Hamer, South Carolina
South of the Border
I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.
Places I've been
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Hamer, South Carolina
I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.
Cleveland, Georgia
A museum and doll store featuring a surreal and super sanitized version of where babies come from.
Blairsville, Georgia
Georgia's highest point was given its strange name thanks to a simple translation error.
Lake Junaluska, North Carolina
Largest display of Wesleyana anywhere in the world.
Ocracoke, North Carolina
The North Carolina grounds are leased in perpetuity to the British Commonwealth for as long as the WWII sailors are buried there.
Nags Head, North Carolina
This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.
Ocracoke, North Carolina
A forgotten sea village stands silent after hurricanes deemed it obsolete.
Cherokee, North Carolina
Some North Carolina Cherokee have been keeping their history alive for decades with a single play.
Brevard, North Carolina
This Transylvania County city is home to a rare white squirrel population that is descended from an escaped carnival animal.
Asheville, North Carolina
This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.
Durham, North Carolina
This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.
Pisgah Forest, North Carolina
Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?
Paris, France
The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.
Paris, France
This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.
Richmond, Virginia
This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.
Williamsburg, Kentucky
Moonbows over Kentucky.
Knoxville, Tennessee
Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.
Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
Natural saunas fed by volcanic heat.
Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
Experiencing Guatemala's sensory-exploding church is a blunt reminder of European influence.
Guatemala
Central America's deepest lake is actually a volcanic caldera, surrounded by three volcanoes.
Chichicastenango, Guatemala
One of the world’s most colorful cemeteries, where each pigment is symbolic.
Vieques, Puerto Rico
The world's brightest bioluminescent bay.
Vieques, Puerto Rico
On this Puerto Rican island, many abandoned naval ammunition bunkers sit open while a few have been padlocked by locals as personal storage.
St. Petersburg, Florida
Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.