Unger, West Virginia
Farnham Colossi
Winding country roads in eastern West Virginia lead to an extraordinary place populated by fiberglass giants.
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Unger, West Virginia
Winding country roads in eastern West Virginia lead to an extraordinary place populated by fiberglass giants.
Parkersburg, West Virginia
A melancholy guardian doubles as a judicious godmother to this small town cemetery.
Shepherdstown, West Virginia
This general store is more than a century old and home to various oddities and antiques.
Cameron, West Virginia
The museum calls itself the "National Museum of the Paranormal" and is full of eerie oddities.
Berkeley Springs, West Virginia
Berkeley Springs State Park boasts the nation's only monument commemorating presidential bathing.
Morganton, North Carolina
An eclectic store sells obscure vinyl recordings of Charles Manson and Jim Jones, along with many other oddities.
High Point, North Carolina
This colonial cabin is the oldest building in High Point, built by one of the first settlers in the area.
West Jefferson, North Carolina
A remarkable headstone said to be a gift from Daniel Boone.
Dobson, North Carolina
Visit one, or all six, of the stops on this tour of a North Carolina signature sweet.
Hickory, North Carolina
The world’s largest stone statue of Luther looms over a North Carolina campus.
Henderson, Nevada
A retired schoolteacher in suburban Nevada transformed his front yard into a paleontological menagerie.
Mouth of Wilson, Virginia
The highest point in Virginia can only be reached by passing through ponies and flowers.
Floyd, Virginia
Every Friday night, Appalachian string-bands turn this country store and soda fountain into a raucous jamboree.
Raeford, North Carolina
The world's largest vertical wind tunnel.
Lancaster, South Carolina
The last refinements in the North Carolina-South Carolina boundary were marked with this stone.
Kernersville, North Carolina
Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.
Alpine, Texas
A group of college students hauled a desk up a mountain more than 40 years ago. The notebooks inside have become a makeshift time capsule.
Wilmington, North Carolina
The only pachinko parlor in the United States.
Beaufort, North Carolina
Burial site more than 300 years old.
Cullowhee, North Carolina
Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.
Budapest, Hungary
From cartoon characters to tiny tanks, a guerilla sculptor's little bronze statues are hidden throughout the city of Budapest.
Bratislava, Slovakia
Brass plaques embedded in pavement preserve the memories of those who lost their lives at the hands of Nazis during World War II.
Bratislava, Slovakia
Dedicated to a synagogue that was destroyed after having survived World War II.
Bratislava, Slovakia
An ode to a soldier who came to town, fell in love, then began making his own sparkling wine.