Columbia, Missouri
McBaine Bur Oak
This majestic tree has survived 400 years of storms, droughts, and floods, and is a beloved natural landmark in Missouri.
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Columbia, Missouri
This majestic tree has survived 400 years of storms, droughts, and floods, and is a beloved natural landmark in Missouri.
Houston, Texas
A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.
Wadmalaw Island, South Carolina
The only working large-scale tea plantation in the United States.
Sedalia, Missouri
This historic cliffside mansion uses a natural cave for air conditioning.
Marshall, Missouri
A small town garden is dedicated to a psychic dog with the most soulful eyes.
Detmold, Germany
This proud Teutonic warrior rises out of a German forest heralding a victory and measuring lightning.
Cologne, Germany
Thousands of tourists and residents in Cologne affix "love padlocks" on the Hohenzollernbrücke Bridge to symbolize their affections.
Cologne, Germany
The largest bell in the world has been swinging high above a Cologne cathedral for almost a century.
Washington, D.C.
The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.
Washington, D.C.
The house where John Wilkes Booth conspired with his co-conspirators.
Büren, Germany
This unique Renaissance castle was turned into a home for Nazi occultism.
Wierschem, Germany
This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.
Lohheide, Germany
A Nazi concentration camp and Anne Frank's place of death.
Bayard, Nebraska
This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.
Carlsbad, New Mexico
The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."
Roswell, New Mexico
A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.
Lakewood, Colorado
At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.
New Orleans, Louisiana
An old-timey wax exhibition campily depicting New Orleans legends and scandals.
Cleveland, Georgia
A museum and doll store featuring a surreal and super sanitized version of where babies come from.
Lookout Mountain, Georgia
A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.
Johns Island, South Carolina
One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.