Knoxville, Tennessee
S.S. Sultana Memorial
This stone memorial pays tribute to a massive shipwreck which was sadly overshadowed by the death of John Wilkes Booth.
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Knoxville, Tennessee
This stone memorial pays tribute to a massive shipwreck which was sadly overshadowed by the death of John Wilkes Booth.
Knoxville, Tennessee
Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.
Columbia, South Carolina
An old train trestle re-imagined as an Egyptian obelisk.
Columbia, South Carolina
This titanic steel chain linking two buildings was installed without permission but instantly beloved.
Columbia, South Carolina
This psychedelic tromp l'oeil seems to be beckoning drivers to crash into a wall.
Columbia, South Carolina
The world's largest fire hydrant is supposedly tornado-proof.
Cleveland, Ohio
A dazzling display of lights and crystals.
Memphis, Tennessee
Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
This monumental Jesus is often referred to as "Our Milk Carton With Arms."
Bentonville, Arkansas
A home designed to be on the cutting edge of comfortable, low-cost living.
Ann Arbor, Michigan
The 10-foot-tall vegetables belong to Michigan’s first food rescue program.
Homestead, Florida
A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.
Berkeley, California
A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.
Berkeley, California
The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.
Lincoln, Nebraska
An ornate Art Deco tile mosaic representing Nebraskan life, both modern and prehistoric.
Fredericksburg, Texas
An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.
Austin, Texas
Austin’s local mountain isn’t really a mountain at all.
Austin, Texas
This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.
Austin, Texas
Home to an endangered salamander, a full moon celebration, and a large spring-fed outdoor swimming pool.
New York, New York
The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.
New York, New York
A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.
Wilson, North Carolina
A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.
Key Largo, Florida
The famous boat that once ferried Bogart and Hepburn still floats in Key Largo after being abandoned for years.
Mill Run, Pennsylvania
Frank Lloyd Wright’s most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.